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Mikulski ‘Deeply Troubled’ With NASA’s Budget Request, Cuts To Science Programs

Pat Host

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

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Mikulski ‘Deeply Troubled’ With NASA’s Budget Request, Cuts To Science Programs

A key lawmaker said Thursday’s she’s deeply troubled with NASA’s budget request and proposed cuts to science programs, including the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA’s fiscal year 2015 budget request is $17.6 billion, down $186 million from FY ’14. The civil space agency’s request includes a $179 million cut to science programs, down from $5.1 billion enacted for FY ’14. In addition to the Webb Telescope, NASA’s science programs include earth and planetary science, astrophysics and heliophysics. Of those five…

Congress

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 […]

Congress

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 […]

Congress

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 […]