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Budget

Clapper Says Intelligence Community Will Take ‘Higher Risks’ Amid Sequestration

Gally Articola

Friday, September 13th, 2013

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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said yesterday that the Intelligence Community (IC) will have to make “strategic decisions” about cutting costs and accepting “higher risks” as it faces another year of sequestration. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Photo: ODNI. “A lot of people thought [sequestration] was a one off--that we’d only do it for one year,” he said. “We made a lot of decisions the first year of sequestration thinking that it would only be one year. But…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]