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Senate Committee, Again, Approves DHS Management Nominee Deyo

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

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Senate Committee, Again, Approves DHS Management Nominee Deyo

Russell Deyo. Photo: Thurgood Marshall College Fund

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday approved by voice vote Russell Deyo to be the next undersecretary of management at the Department of Homeland Security.The panel in November also approved Deyo for the same position but the Senate never took up the nomination, forcing the committee to vote again in the new Congress that began this year. Deyo, who was nominated by President Barack Obama in August 2014, was previously with the pharmaceutical company Johnson &…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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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 […]