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Air Force

Congress Gearing Up to Pass FY ’20 NDAA This Week, Will Include Space Force

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, December 9th, 2019

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Congress Gearing Up to Pass FY ’20 NDAA This Week, Will Include Space Force

Armed services committee members are racing to get the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act on the floor this week after conferees reached a deal last Friday. Lawmakers speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California this weekend confirmed that negotiations were complete on the long-awaited NDAA conference bill, and Hill staffers confirmed Monday that lawmakers were putting the final touches on the bill and gathering a majority of conferee signatures, with plans to make the bill report…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]