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BudgetHASC Suggests ‘Politically Unpopular’ Cuts Won’t Stick; Dempsey Outlines How Else To Cut $1 Billion
For the second day in a row, the defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff brought their 2015 budget request to Capitol Hill, only to have lawmakers […]
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CongressSenate Confirms Kerlikowske, Roth, Spaulding For DHS Posts
The Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote Gil Kerlikowske, John Roth and Suzanne Spaulding to fill the vacant positions of Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, Inspector General and under […]
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BudgetMulti-Scenario DoD Budget Perplexes, Concerns SASC
One day after the Pentagon released its budget request for fiscal year 2015, a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing highlighted the difficulties of long-term planning in an uncertain fiscal environment: […]
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BudgetQDR Will Be Released With Budget Or Soon After, Will Be Fiscally Constrained
The Defense Department will submit its Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress either with the budget request on March 4 or shortly thereafter, though the report will not quite meet its […]
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CongressModernization Efforts Critical, No Room For Sequestration Delays, Haney Says
Sequestration would have a “dangerous” effect on the U.S. Strategic Command and its ability to defend the country, STRATCOM Commander Adm. Cecil Haney and members of the Senate Armed Services […]
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CongressGreater Information Sharing Required To Counter Diffuse Terrorist Threat, Johnson Says
The terrorist threat facing the nation is becoming more diffuse and in the case of individuals that are self-radicalizing even harder to detect so continuing to improve information sharing within […]
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CongressMcCain: Work’s Support of LCS ‘Makes Me Wonder About Your Qualifications’
The Senate Armed Services Committee took up the issues of acquisition reform and accountability during the confirmation hearing for the prospective deputy secretary of defense, Robert Work. Sen. John McCain […]
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BudgetCongress Considers Repealing COLA Cuts Without Affecting Rest of DoD Budget
Congress began formal discussions about repealing the cuts to military retirees’ pensions that were passed in December as part of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement (BBA)–and, for now, repealing the Cost […]
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CongressHouse Committee Passes Cyber Security Bill As Attention Turns To NIST Framework
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved bi-partisan cyber security legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security authorities to protect federal civilian computer networks and strengthen […]
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CongressDefense Think Tanks Would Cut Readiness, Force Structure to Maintain Warfighting Capabilities
Four Washington think tanks agreed the Army should significantly reduce its ground forces and the Navy should retire two to four aircraft carriers while the military overall should boost its […]