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CBP To Significantly Expand Cargo, Vehicle Screening On Southwest Border, DHS Chief Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

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CBP To Significantly Expand Cargo, Vehicle Screening On Southwest Border, DHS Chief Says

VACIS mobile inspection system from Leidos. Photo: Leidos

By 2023 the U.S. government will significantly expand the percentages of commercial and passenger vehicles entering the U.S. through land parts of entry on the southwest border as the Department of Homeland Security ramps up purchases of scanning equipment, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Tuesday. Currently, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) scans 15 percent of commercial vehicles and 1 percent of passenger vehicles and in the next few years will increase those percentages to 72 percent and…

Pentagon

Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation

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Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]

Congress

Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

Legislation regarding equity investments by the Defense Department in critical mineral supply chains is needed to strengthen the larger defense industrial base and demonstrate to the “free market” that the […]

Congress

“Not Sure How They Get To Where They Wanna Be,” Calvert Says of $1.5 Trillion Defense Topline Proposal

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