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Defense Watch: Space Cargo Transportation? Kaspersky Lessons, UAS Challenge

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, October 4th, 2019

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Defense Watch: Space Cargo Transportation? Kaspersky Lessons, UAS Challenge

Shot of Female Government Agent Tracking Fugitive with Her Computer in Big Monitoring Room Full of Computers with Animated Screens.

2020 House Race. Former Green Beret and DoD official Andrew Knaggs said Monday that he would run as a Republican to depose Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) in the 2020 elections. Spanberger, a former CIA official, was elected to office in the 2018 midterms. Knaggs most recently served in the Pentagon as the deputy assistance secretary of defense for special operations and combating terrorism, but has held several posts in the department, including the chief of the research and engineering division…

Congress

Senate Appropriators Press On Supplemental’s Requests Beyond Iran Scope, Hegseth Urges Full Funding

Senate appropriators have pressed Pentagon leadership on the decision to include funds in the Iran war supplemental request for items beyond the current military operation, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth […]

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

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

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]