Congress
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Business/FinancialWill Aerospace Be Next Industry That Washington Lets Slide Into Oblivion?
With the federal government sitting back idly while the Detroit Big Three auto industry runs out of money, will Washington next permit the U.S. aerospace industry to dwindle and decay? […]
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Business/Financial
Lawmakers From Texas Fight Feared Obama Cuts To NASA Funding
Members of Congress from Texas are rallying to fight potential devastating cuts in the NASA budget, according to a Houston Chronicle report. Fears have risen since Barack Obama won election […]
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CongressGates Not Seen As Primed To Clash With Obama On Missile Defense
By Emelie Rutherford As President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers scrutinize Bush administration missile-defense plans, observers predict holdover Defense Secretary Robert Gates will not clash with Obama over keeping systems […]
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Air ForceChambliss Senate Win Seen As Boost To F-22 Fight For Survival
By Emelie Rutherford Georgia Republican and Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ Tuesday reelection victory ensures the F-22 stealth fighter maintains a diehard backer in Congress as the […]
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Business/Financial
AIA Touting Aerospace And Defense Sector To New Administration, Congress
By Calvin Biesecker The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) yesterday began an outreach campaign targeted at the incoming Obama administration and Congress touting the importance of the aerospace and defense industry […]
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ArmyPentagon Eyeing $1.5 Billion Request To Hill For New All-Terrain MRAP Effort
By Emelie Rutherford The new mine-resistant-vehicle competition the Pentagon is preparing to launch next week could cost $3 billion, a price tag that would be supported by an expected $1.5 […]
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Air Force
Lawmakers Likely Lost Fight For Advanced Buy of 20 F-22s Before Obama Arrival
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon looks to have won the battle with powerful lawmakers who charged it scaled back congressional plans for buying parts for future F-22 Raptor jets before […]
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Congress
Obama Confirms Gates Will Remain SECDEF; No Word On Deputy
By Emelie Rutherford President-elect Barack Obama confirmed yesterday Defense Secretary Robert Gates will stay on the job in the next administration, capping off negotiations with Gates over just what type […]
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Congress
Homeland Security Pick Napolitano Widely Praised
By Calvin Biesecker President-elect Obama yesterday announced that he will nominate Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) to be his Secretary of Homeland Security, a selection that was expected and praised. […]
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Congress
McHugh, Bartlett, Thornberry Vie For HASC Ranking Member Post
By Emelie Rutherford The race is on for House Armed Services Committee (HASC) ranking member, with three of the committee’s five returning GOP subcommittee leaders seeking their party’s top spot […]