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Shipbuilding, Mil Con Spending Eyed For Stimulus Package

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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The massive economic-stimulus legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill could include funding for a Coast Guard icebreaker, commercial-shipbuilding loans, and military- base-improvement efforts. Though the economic-recovery package is not expected to include monies for Pentagon weapons programs, lobbyists and influential lawmakers have proposed these homeland-security and military-construction initiatives. Politicians have said the still-morphing legislation, estimated to cost at least $775 billion, will target so-called "shovel-ready" transportation and infrastructure projects that can begin in short order. President-elect Barack…

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

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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 […]

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Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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‘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 […]