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Budget

SASC GOP Seeks Sequester, Missile Defense, Shipbuilding Changes

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

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Senate GOP defense hawks want to change Pentagon policy legislation so it calls for ending budget cuts, advances plans for an East Coast missile defense site, and increases oversight of high-profile Navy shipbuilding programs. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Republicans have a number of qualms with the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill their panel approved via a 23-3 voted on June 13. And chief among them is the $500 billion in decade-long sequestration cuts to planned defense spending, according…

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Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

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Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]