Congress
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CongressWhite House Budget Chief Suggests Veto For Defense Bill Over Earmark Issue
By Emelie Rutherford The White House budget chief warned yesterday the president could veto the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill over a provision rejecting an earmark reform initiative. "The […]
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Senate Begins Debating War Supplemental
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate began debating a three-part, $193 billion supplemental war appropriations bill yesterday. As of Defense Daily‘s deadline the chamber had not yet voted on the legislation […]
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Business/FinancialHouse Report Finds Most DHS Small Business Awards Concentrated In Few Firms
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is meeting federal goals for awarding contracts to small businesses but a majority of the business is going to the top […]
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Air ForceGates, Mullen Warn Congress Against Skipping Over FY ’09 Defense Approps Bill
By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leaders warned Senate appropriators yesterday that multiple defense initiatives– including buying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)–would be jeopardized if Congress skips over passing a base defense appropriations […]
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Business/Financial
Deputy Secretary Of Defense Urges Easing U.S. Export Controls; Curbs On Military Hardware Exports Might Carry Expiration Date
Gordon England Says Deals With Australia, U.K., May Be Model For Agreements With Other Nations; Existing Arms Export Law Ill Serves United States Export Rules Still Should Encourage Foreign Investments […]
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Business/Financial
Hamas Missile Attack Hits Israel During Bush Visit; Meanwhile, House Panel Cuts U.S. Missile Defense
Franks Sees Chance To Reverse House Funding Cuts In Missile Defense Programs, Including One That Could Protect Israel From Iranian Missile Attack Congressman Notes Israel Predicts Iran May Have Nuclear […]
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United States Has Too Few Missile Defense Assets To Counter 26 Nations Wielding Ballistic Missiles, Yet House Panel Cuts Those Programs: Group
Poll Shows 83 Percent Of Americans Back Missile Defense With 26 nations wielding ballistic missiles, the United States has too few ballistic missile defense assets, yet a House panel is […]
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Business/Financial
Budget Woes Could Affect Constellation Program: Half-Year Freeze At Old Funding Levels Manageable, But Full-Year Continuing Resolution Would Be Tough
The Constellation Program now developing the next-generation Orion space capsule and Ares rocket has enough financial cushioning that it probably could finesse a congressional decision to freeze program funding at […]
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Business/Financial
Defense Spending To Plunge If Either McCain Or Obama Becomes President, Analyst Says
Defense spending will plummet if either Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, or Sen. Barak Obama of Illinois, who seeks the Democratic presidential nomination, enters the […]
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Business/Financial
House Panel Backs $1 Billion Extra Authorization To Accelerate Orion-Ares Spaceship Development Program
Measure Would Reauthorize Space Agency In Next Fiscal Year At $19.21 Billion Bill Orders NASA To Add A Space Shuttle Mission To Carry Costly Experiment Aloft NASA would receive $1 […]