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Kelly Backs Coast Guard Recapitalization, Says Cyber Security Review Underway

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Feb. 7 said that he is committed to the Coast Guard’s plans to recapitalize its aging assets which are critical to saving lives and interdicting drugs and illegal migrants at sea.Kelly told the House Homeland Security Committee in his first appearance before Congress as head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that the Coast Guard Commandant would “hit me in the head with a bat” if he didn’t support the service’s ongoing replacement…

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Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

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Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

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Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]