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Senate Panel Considers Changes to Goldwater-Nichols Act

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

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Senate Panel Considers Changes to Goldwater-Nichols Act

Thirty years ago, the Goldwater-Nichols Act restructured the Defense Department by giving greater authority to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and changing the chain of command in a way that allowed combatant commanders report directly to the defense secretary. However, experts told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the law may have had unintended consequences that contributed to the Pentagon becoming more top heavy and slow to react.After the hearing, SASC Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.)…

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Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

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Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

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U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

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White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]