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BudgetDempsey: Strategic Review Will Favor Multi-role Systems
An ongoing re-examination the U.S. military strategy is looking at prioritizing weapons programs that have multiple roles, a senior military officer said Tuesday. “One of the principles going forward in […]
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CongressDemocratic Bill Aims To Boost Oversight Of Private Airport Screeners
Several Democrats last Friday introduced bills in the House and Senate that would increase oversight and training of private security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Contract Screener Reform and […]
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McCain Calls On U.S. To Intercept Any North Korean Missile
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants the United States to shoot down any missile fired from North Korea, regardless of its target. There had been speculation that North Korea could test-fire […]
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Skyfall Or Not, Sequester Impacting DHS Operations
The effects from the ongoing budget sequestration are already impacting operations of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components, department officials told a House panel yesterday. International travelers arriving into the […]
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Air ForceHASC Chair Raps USAF Acquisitions
The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) lamented the Air Force’s “egregious” acquisition failures and said officials must be diligent in stopping flawed programs early in their development […]
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Top Republican, Democrat On Security Appropriations Panel Hit Proposed Cuts To Coast Guard Acquisition
The chairman and ranking member on the House panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security both complained yesterday of proposed cuts to Coast Guard’s acquisition budget for […]
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Congress
House Intel Panel Approves Cyber Threat Sharing Bill
The House Intelligence Community on Wednesday marked up and overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill that would give the private sector liability protections to encourage information sharing about cyber threats. The […]
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Budget
Legislation, Legal Action Floated To Block MEADS Funding
A lawmaker is proposing legislation and raising the threat of legal action to stop the Pentagon from continuing to fund a troubled tri-nation missile defense program. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) […]
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Budget
DoD Budget Ignores Sequester, Seeks $8 Billion In Weapons Changes
The Pentagon proposed a $525.6 billion budget on Wednesday that optimistically ignores “sequestration” budget cuts while also seeking $8.2 billion in savings by cutting and restructuring weapons programs over five […]
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Congress
Border Security Bill Introduced In House, Senate
Identical versions of a border security bill were introduced in the House and Senate yesterday by several Republicans that want the Department of Homeland Security to produce new metrics to […]