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Congress Passes Slew Of Homeland Security Measures, Including “Historic” Cyber Bills

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 11th, 2014

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Congress on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning passed a number of homeland security bills including measures for aviation, cyber and chemical security that will go to President Obama to be signed into law. On Thursday morning, the House passed by voice vote the National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014 (S. 2519), which cleared the Senate a day earlier. The bill codifies the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, or NCCIC, within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and authorizes the…

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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 […]