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House Panels Heed Admin’s Missile Cuts, Boost SOCOM

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Friday, June 12th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford House authorizing subcommittees began crafting the Pentagon's fiscal year 2010 budget yesterday, proposing to match the Obama administration's missile-defense request and boost its Special Operations Command (SOCOM) proposal to include the command's wish-list of unfunded items. The full House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will mark up the entire defense authorization bill Tuesday. Two key procurement panels--the Seapower and Expeditionary Forces and the Air and Land Forces subcommittees--are slated to mark up their portions today. The Strategic Forces…

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Trump Urges Senate To Move ‘Immediately’ On $350 Billion Defense Reconciliation Bill In Lame Duck

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House Republicans Block Measure To Impeach Hegseth

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No Path To Defense Reconciliation, Including GOP’s $350 Billion, Coons Says

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