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Air Force

HASC Eyes Shipbuilding, Missile Defense, Cyber Changes to DoD plan

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

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A House panel unveiled proposed Pentagon policy legislation yesterday that would restore a submarine slated to be cut, research a potential East Coast missile-defense site, and increase oversight of the Pentagon's cyber-security operations. Congress' public rewriting of the Pentagon's proposed fiscal year 2013 budget will start today when the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) subcommittees start crafting the defense authorization bill. HASC Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) pledged during a speech last night to bolster Pentagon spending, charging President Barack…

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