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Congress

House GOP Seeks DHS Cuts

Julie Samuel

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

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House appropriators want to cut Coast Guard funding below current levels and give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) less science and technology funding than it requested. The House Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee (HAC-HS) will mark up its version of the fiscal year 2014 DHS appropriations bill Thursday. It calls for funding the Coast Guard at $9.9 billion, or $297 million below the enacted level for FY ’13. Still, the panel says it denies President Barack Obama’s “requested cuts that…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

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