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DHS Accounts For Barely Half Of FY ’13 Request For Homeland Security Funds, CBO Says

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

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The Obama administration’s total budget authority request for homeland security-related funding in FY ’13 is $68.9 billion, barely half of which is for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the second largest allocation slotted for the Defense Department, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says in a report. DHS accounts for $35.5 billion of the requested budget authority, just under 52 percent of the total request, says the report, The Proposed Homeland Security Budget for 2013. And of the proposed…

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Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

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Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

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Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]