Congress
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CongressCompromise DoD Authorization Bill Moves To House, Approps Deal Takes Shape
By Emelie Rutherford House and Senate appropriators reached an unofficial conference agreement on the fiscal year 2009 defense appropriations bill last Friday, and agreed to include partial procurement funding for […]
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Air ForceGates: Pentagon Weighed Changing Tanker Competition Shortly Before Axing It
By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates said before halting the heated Air Force tanker competition two weeks ago Pentagon officials considered, but decided against, altering the selection process to […]
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Congress
Obama Targets Government Contracting, Private Hill Meetings
By Emelie Rutherford Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) outlined a government reform plan yesterday that calls for slashing government spending on contractors and requiring that congressional bill-writing sessions […]
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Congress
Defense Authorization Conferees Weighing Changes To LCS Cost Cap
By Emelie Rutherford As the Navy struggles with industry proposals for building the next batch of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), a key lawmaker said late last week he was not […]
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Congress
North Korea Test-Fires ICBM Engine; Russia Launches Missile Said To Defeat U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Shield
Report Says Missile Threat Worsens, Outlines Need For American BMD System Russia successfully launched a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Moscow claims can defeat U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]
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Business/FinancialSenate Approves Amendment Providing $89 Million For Ballistic Missile Defense AN/TPY-2 Radar
Provision Doesn’t Specify Which Nation Is Site The Senate voted out a defense authorization bill for the soon-to-begin fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, approving an amendment that would provide […]
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Air Force
Lightly Amended Senate Defense Authorization Bill Heads To Conference
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate’s Wednesday night passage of a sparsely amended defense authorization bill kicked into high gear House-Senate negotiations over differences between each chamber’s version of the legislation […]
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Congress
Lawmakers Weigh Combining Defense, Homeland Security, Mil Con Bills Into One
By Emelie Rutherford Democratic lawmakers are considering folding the defense, Homeland Security, and military-construction spending bills into one package to be voted on before the end of the month, an […]
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Congress
House Panel Dubious About Reprogramming Pakistani Funds To Bolster F-16s
By Emelie Rutherford Members of a House subcommittee raised serious doubts yesterday about Pakistan’s request to rejigger some of its U.S. aid to beef up its F-16 fighter jets, and […]
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Air Force
Senate, House Defense Appropriations Panels Clash On Troubled Aircraft Efforts
By Emelie Rutherford Senate defense appropriators have staked out different stances than their House counterparts on troubled aircraft efforts, including calling for greater funding reductions to the presidential helicopter and […]