Congress
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Business/Financial
NASA Is Starved For Needed Funds, Causing Manifold Woes: Space Shuttle Retirement, Orion-Ares First Manned Flight, And First Moon Mission Could Be Delayed; Costs Soar
NASA Sees Only 65 Percent Chance Orion-Ares Will Fly In March 2015; CBO Says Costs Might Exceed Plans By As Much As $7 Billion Over NASA Budgets Chances Of Retiring […]
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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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Congress
Lockheed Martin Employees Funded Colleague’s Failed House Bid
By Emelie Rutherford While defense firms often donate the most money to big-name and incumbent congressional candidates, Lockheed Martin [LMT] employees contributed the most this past election cycle to an […]
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Air Force
Senators Call For Pentagon To Stick To F-22 Plans In Defense Bills
By Emelie Rutherford A group of senators sent Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England a letter this week criticizing what they said is a Pentagon proposal to scale back on planning […]
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Congress
Election Shakes Up HASC, Other Congressional Defense Panels
By Emelie Rutherford Tuesday’s congressional elections and a series of pending retirements are overhauling the Republican sides of the House and Senate armed services committees, while the Senate Appropriations Defense […]
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Congress
Homeland Security Spending Likely To Remain Strong Under Obama, Analysts Say
By Calvin Biesecker Despite a potential budget crunch stemming from the federal government’s ongoing bailout of financial institutions and banks, spending on homeland security is likely to remain strong, according […]
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Business/Financial
Navy Issues Amended LCS Request For Proposal, Award Expected In January
By Geoff Fein The Navy on Monday issued its long awaited revised request for proposal (RFP) for two Flight 0+ Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to be procured in FY ’09. […]
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Business/Financial
Murtha’s Donors In Last-Minute $1 Million Donation Haul Include Defense Execs
By Emelie Rutherford Before the final ballots were cast in yesterday’s elections, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) appeared to have beaten his GOP challenger on the fundraising front–garnering more than $3 […]
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Air Force
Lawmakers Call For Pentagon To Spend F-22 Funds
By Emelie Rutherford Four leading defense authorizers called on the Pentagon yesterday to spend money included in the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization and appropriations acts to allow for possible […]