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CongressCBP Warns That SBInet Funds Will Dry Up Without FY ’09 Appropriations
By Calvin Biesecker Spending on the virtual fence component of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) will run out in late October if Congress doesn’t approve an FY ’09 appropriations bill […]
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Northrop Grumman’s Hill Backers Slam Tanker Cancellation
By Emelie Rutherford Congressional backers of Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] aerial refueling tanker bid decried news that the Pentagon is terminating the current KC-X solicitation, charging politics factored too much into […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Disappointed With Potential Congressional Cut In Funds For KEI Missile Defense
In Talks With Navy, Raytheon Suggests Making New Zumwalt Destroyers Missile Defense Ships Raytheon Co. [RTN] is disappointed that lawmakers in Congress may cut funding needed to develop the Kinetic […]
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Chertoff Says TSA’s Secure Flight Program Ready For Rollout
By Calvin Biesecker A Department of Homeland Security program aimed at improving how airline passengers are pre-screened against a terrorist watchlist has been certified by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff […]
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Defense Authorization On Tap In Senate, HAC Markup Postponed
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate could take up the Pentagon policy bill as soon as today, after an expected vote last night to end a Republican blockade of considering the […]
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Obama Not Seen Taking Strong ‘Buy America’ Stance, Unlike McCain
By Emelie Rutherford While Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has made clear his disdain for "Buy America" provisions limiting foreign content of defense systems, Democratic hopeful Sen. Barack […]
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Air ForceHouse Panel Wants Industrial Base Impacts Weighed In Defense Programs
By Emelie Rutherford House appropriators want the Pentagon to consider how its acquisition programs impact the domestic industrial base, and are calling on defense officials to explain how such workforce […]
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‘Pessimistic’ Griffin Memo Protests ‘Jihad’ Against NASA, But He Repeats Formal Support For Retiring Shuttles, Depending On Russians For Transport To Space Station
Griffin’s View Of A Threadbare NASA Budget Comes After Others Voiced That Conclusion; He Sees No U.S. Crew On Space Station In 2012 He Expects Next President To Order Continued […]
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Russian President Medvedev Promises Partial Troop Withdrawal From Georgia, But Forces Would Remain In Two Provinces
Bush Withdraws Nuclear Deal With Russia To Punish Moscow For Invading Georgia Russian President Dmitri Medvedev promised to withdraw Russian forces from much of the independent nation of Georgia, but […]
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Polish Leaders Begin Selling Citizens On European Missile Defense System, Before Legislators Act On Approval
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has begun campaigning among Polish citizens to build support for U.S. plans to construct a European Missile Defense (EMD) system, promising local residents that the […]