Congress
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Congress
Tauscher Predicts Changes To Missile Defense Agency Under All-Democratic Rule
By Emelie Rutherford A leading lawmaker who oversees the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) predicted the arm of the Pentagon championed by the Bush administration will undergo major changes when Democrats control […]
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Congress
Some Defense Transition Team Members Announced
By Emelie Rutherford President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team yesterday announced some key members dealing with defense matters. The Department of Defense Agency Review Team is lead by John White and […]
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Congress
Tauscher Wants To Improve Nuclear Stockpile, Says RRW Deserved "Ugly Death"
By Emelie Rutherford A leading House authorizer voiced support yesterday for the initial concept behind the Bush administration’s beleaguered Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) effort, and said the next Congress will […]
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Air Force
Pentagon OK’s Advanced Funds For Four F-22s, Waits For January Decision On More
By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leadership agreed this week to spend $50 million on parts for four future F-22 jet fighters, instead of obligating $140 million in advanced funding for 20 […]
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Army
New All-Terrain MRAP Effort Proceeding, To Be Steered By Marine Corps’ JPO
By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps-lead effort for buying thousands of a new breed of all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for Afghanistan is moving forward, with a solicitation […]
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Congress
Chinese Cyber Warriors Hack Into White House Computers
Cyber warriors in China repeatedly hacked into an unclassified White House computer network, stealing data before IT experts patched the system to fix the breach, the Financial Times reported. China […]
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Congress
Obama Vows To Defeat Those Tearing World Down; Missile Defense Advocacy Group Hails Obama Stance
President-elect Barack Obama said in his victory speech that the United States will defeat those who attempt to tear down the world, while also offering an olive branch to those […]
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Army
Navy Takes Over APKWS Program After Army Ends Its Effort
By Geoff Fein The Navy has taken over the lead on the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) following the Army’s decision to terminate the program. BAE Systems last week […]
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Business/Financial
Russia Rages At U.S. President-Elect Obama, As Moscow Threatens Planned U.S.-European Missile Defense On Czech, Polish Sites
Medvedev Tests The Mettle Of A New American President, Announcing Russian Missiles To Be Stationed In Kaliningrad Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his first state of the nation address before […]
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Congress
Where Obama Can Find Funding To Support Defense And Space – And Still Fulfill Campaign Promises
Backgrounder: Analysts Predicting Plunging Revenues May Be Proven Wrong Multiple Ways Pundits are saying that President-elect Barack Obama will have a tough time righting the economy, handling two simultaneous wars, […]