:

Congress

DHS Still Hasn’t Studied Feasibility Of Scanning All U.S.-Bound Sea Cargo

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

SHARE:

Despite a nearly five-year old congressional mandate that all maritime cargo destined for the United States be scanned for threats beginning this July, a deadline that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said three years ago would likely be unmet, the department has yet to do a study to determine if such 100 percent scanning is feasible, government officials said yesterday. “Pieces” of the study have been completed but they need to be pulled together, Stephen Caldwell, director of Maritime…

Budget

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

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

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

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

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

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 […]