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Neffenger Confirmed To Head TSA; Senate Appropriators Boost Support For Screener Training

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

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Neffenger Confirmed To Head TSA; Senate Appropriators Boost Support For Screener Training

Coast Guard Vice Commandant Adm. Peter Neffenger. Photo: Coast Guard

The Senate Monday evening overwhelmingly voted to confirm Coast Guard Vice Commandant Adm. Peter Neffenger to be the next chief of the Transportation Security Administration while Senate appropriators last week agreed to provide more funds than requested to boost training for the agency’s screener workforce at airport checkpoints.The Senate vote for Neffenger was 81-1 with Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) casting the lone “nay,” saying afterward in a statement that “While Admiral Neffenger is an impressive man, it is naïve and dangerous…

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]

Budget

Trump’s $1.15 Trillion Request For DoD Is The ‘New Normal,” HASC Chairman Says

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Trump administration’s nearly $1.2 trillion baseline defense budget request for fiscal year 2027 will be adopted and will be the foundation for the “new normal” going forward, […]