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Congress

Hearing On Boston Bombings Points To Lapses In Information Sharing By Feds, Value Of Grant Funding

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, May 10th, 2013

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Prior to the terrorist bombings last month in Boston, federal authorities did not share any information they had with law enforcement authorities in the city or state that Russian intelligence officials had provided some type of warning to the FBI about one of the alleged attackers and that the agency had opened an investigation into the individual, according to congressional testimony yesterday by Massachusetts officials. Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis told the House Homeland Security Committee that he would have…

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Thursday markup of the FY 2027 defense authorization bill rejected an amendment to cut funding for the new Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)), but did agree […]