Congress
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CongressObama Targets Government Contracting, Private Hill Meetings
By Emelie Rutherford Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) outlined a government reform plan yesterday that calls for slashing government spending on contractors and requiring that congressional bill-writing sessions […]
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Business/FinancialSenate Approves Amendment Providing $89 Million For Ballistic Missile Defense AN/TPY-2 Radar
Provision Doesn’t Specify Which Nation Is Site The Senate voted out a defense authorization bill for the soon-to-begin fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, approving an amendment that would provide […]
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Defense Authorization Conferees Weighing Changes To LCS Cost Cap
By Emelie Rutherford As the Navy struggles with industry proposals for building the next batch of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), a key lawmaker said late last week he was not […]
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North Korea Test-Fires ICBM Engine; Russia Launches Missile Said To Defeat U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Shield
Report Says Missile Threat Worsens, Outlines Need For American BMD System Russia successfully launched a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Moscow claims can defeat U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]
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Air ForceLightly Amended Senate Defense Authorization Bill Heads To Conference
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate’s Wednesday night passage of a sparsely amended defense authorization bill kicked into high gear House-Senate negotiations over differences between each chamber’s version of the legislation […]
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Lawmakers Weigh Combining Defense, Homeland Security, Mil Con Bills Into One
By Emelie Rutherford Democratic lawmakers are considering folding the defense, Homeland Security, and military-construction spending bills into one package to be voted on before the end of the month, an […]
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House Panel Dubious About Reprogramming Pakistani Funds To Bolster F-16s
By Emelie Rutherford Members of a House subcommittee raised serious doubts yesterday about Pakistan’s request to rejigger some of its U.S. aid to beef up its F-16 fighter jets, and […]
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Air Force
Senate, House Defense Appropriations Panels Clash On Troubled Aircraft Efforts
By Emelie Rutherford Senate defense appropriators have staked out different stances than their House counterparts on troubled aircraft efforts, including calling for greater funding reductions to the presidential helicopter and […]
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SAC-D Gives Money To Restart DDG-51 Line; Taylor Prods Navy On DDG-1000 Production Problems
By Emelie Rutherford While the Navy snagged support from a key Senate panel last week for its new plan to build one more DDG-1000 destroyer before restarting production of the […]
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Business/Financial
Russia Vows Anew To Demolish Any U.S.-European Missile Defense System, As Polish Parliament Weighs Backing Construction Of Missile Shield
Russia Lambasted For Continued Occupation Of Georgian Provinces; Asian Nations Provide $40 Million Low-Interest Loan To Georgia But Some U.S. Lawmakers Still Are Cool To Providing Funds Required To Build […]