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Obama Administration Issues Final Rules For Export Control Reform

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

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The Obama administration yesterday moved forward its export control reform initiative by publishing in the Federal Register the final rules describing how U.S. Munitions List (USML) items will transition over to the more flexible Commerce Control List (CCL) as well as specific revisions to USML Categories VIII (aircraft and related equipment) and XIX (aircraft engines and related equipment). The State Department issued a rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise four USML categories and provide new…

Congress

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

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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 […]