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Budget

Ground Combat Vehicle, Iron Dome Contribution Deserve Budget Scrutiny, Krepinevich Says

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

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The Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program and the United States' contribution to Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system deserve scrutiny in light of possible sequestration and other looming budget cuts, according to the head of an influential Washington think tank. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) President Andrew Krepinevich told reporters yesterday in a conference call that GCV should bare greater scrutiny because it will only provide a “marginal” improvement in capability, despite being estimated to cost in…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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

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