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GOP Hopefuls Share Scant Views On Weapons Spending

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

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Republican presidential candidates touched briefly on Pentagon weapons-buying--including fixed-price contracts and Navy shipbuilding--during their Saturday night debate. Some observers, though,want to hear more from the GOP field on defense budgeting. Going into Saturday night’s national-security-focused debate, the eight Republican candidates for the presidential nomination had already shared some of their military views. Frontrunner Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, had called for supporting the military “with the best training, equipment, technology and infrastructure necessary to keep them in…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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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 […]