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Cochran To Chair Senate Appropriations Committee; Subcommittee Chairs Not Yet Decided

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Friday, January 9th, 2015

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Cochran To Chair Senate Appropriations Committee; Subcommittee Chairs Not Yet Decided

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) officially confirmed Thursday evening that he would chair the Senate Appropriations Committee this year, after serving as the chairman in 2005 and 2006 and as the ranking member of the defense subcommittee since 2008.Cochran, with former chairman Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) as his ranking member, said in a statement that his goal is to “move forward in a responsible and timely manner to fulfill Congress’ constitutional obligation to fund federal government functions.”Cochran narrowly won the Republican…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]