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House Likely to Take Up CR, Anti-ISIS Funding Amendment on Tuesday; Pentagon Urges Passage

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, September 12th, 2014

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House Likely to Take Up CR, Anti-ISIS Funding Amendment on Tuesday; Pentagon Urges Passage

Congress is poised to decide soon on the Pentagon’s initial $500 million request to go after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but the Pentagon has not begun planning its budgetary needs for the counterterrorism operation beyond that first installment. The Obama administration’s request for the money on Tuesday delayed a House vote on the continuing resolution that would extend fiscal year 2014 funding levels through Dec. 11, and lawmakers were at first unclear whether they would consider the…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

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 […]