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Mitt Romney formally accepted the Republican nomination for president during a speech last night that touched only briefly on military matters. Defense-minded observers have been frustrated that the former Massachusetts […]

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said yesterday if elected he intends to shield the Pentagon from planned spending cuts. Romney, addressing the American Legion in Indianapolis, took aim at reductions […]

A key group of voters want lawmakers to prevent across-the-board Pentagon spending reductions soon, according to a new poll released yesterday, when the Republican party approved a new plan resisting […]

Republican National Convention delegates plan to approve a new platform today that advocates robust military spending–while touting aircraft, Navy ship, and missile defense needs–without setting specific goals for the size of the Pentagon […]

Even if so-called sequestration cuts to the Pentagon budget kick in next year, the defense industry would not feel the full impact of the decade-long spending reductions for a few years, […]

Vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan told defense contractors yesterday he and Mitt Romney would vigorously support the military and also stop looming defense cuts in January if Congress has not […]

Lawmakers pointed fingers at each other yesterday after a new report predicted the economy will go into a recession next year if several things happen–including the start of across-the-board defense cuts–that observers call […]

Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) plans to meet with the defense industry today, when analysts will be listening for any details on his and GOP presidential hopeful […]

Republicans updated their party’s official platform on defense matters yesterday, approving a plan that supports robust military capabilities, rejects potential “sequestration” budget cuts, and backs enhanced missile-defense systems. The Republican […]

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama’s handing of the war in Afghanistan yesterday as Republicans met in Tampa to plan their party’s platform on matters including the […]