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Murtha, Young: Air Force Tanker Concerns Slowing Markup of Defense Appropriations Bill

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Friday, July 18th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The House's lead defense appropriators are crafting language in the Pentagon's appropriations bill expressing frustration with allowing a $800 million expenditure for a new Air Force tanker competition, and said these considerations contributed to the delay of Wednesday's bill-writing session. House Appropriations defense subcommittee (HAC-D) Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.) said he does not know when his panel can resume work on the fiscal year 2009 defense appropriations bill as the legislative year winds down, with a five-week…

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Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]

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‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default

The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]

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Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]

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SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]