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Senate sets May date for NDAA debate to leapfrog House
The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to mark up the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act the week of May 20, outpacing the House for the first time in years.
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Top Marine softens readiness warning for troops deployed to US-Mexico border
Lead U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials are downplaying concerns that troop deployments to the southern border are hurting military readiness, following a memo from the Marine commandant warning that the deployments are causing problems.
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Top US lawmakers demand Turkey choose: America’s F-35, or Russia’s S-400
If Turkey accepts the S-400, “no F-35s will ever reach Turkish soil,” four powerful U.S. senators have warned.
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Do border deployments hurt readiness or not? Key Senate Democrats demand answers from DoD
“To the extent the southern border deployment is causing readiness concerns, they must be addressed immediately,” lawmakers are demanding.
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Rep. Mike Turner on why he’s softened on Space Force, and the importance of an East Coast missile defense site
The lawmaker seems more supportive of plans to establish to Space Force, but that doesn’t mean Congress will accept the administration’s proposal as is, he tells Defense News.
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Let’s play Senate thermonuclear war: PODCAST
Changes in Senate confirmation votes, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie’s interview with Military Times, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s address to Congress, and military conspiracy theories.
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Rep. Jim Cooper talks Trump’s Space Force takeover, and what’s next for nukes and missile defense
Should there be a separate service for space? We check in with the head of the House Strategic Forces Subcommittee.
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This week in Congress: The rush before spring break
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 8, 2019.
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House votes to end support for Yemen war, sending bill to Trump’s desk
Congress for the first time has invoked the decades-old War Powers Resolution to try and stop a foreign conflict.
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US Air Force defends F-15X buy to skeptical Inhofe, Reed
U.S. Air Force officials are defending their reversal to pursue Boeing’s F-15X, a fourth-generation fighter jet, saying it will not derail plans to buy F-35 jets.
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Senate sets May date for NDAA debate to leapfrog House
The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to mark up the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act the week of May 20, outpacing the House for the first time in years.
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Top Marine softens readiness warning for troops deployed to US-Mexico border
Lead U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials are downplaying concerns that troop deployments to the southern border are hurting military readiness, following a memo from the Marine commandant warning that the deployments are causing problems.
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Top US lawmakers demand Turkey choose: America’s F-35, or Russia’s S-400
If Turkey accepts the S-400, “no F-35s will ever reach Turkish soil,” four powerful U.S. senators have warned.
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Do border deployments hurt readiness or not? Key Senate Democrats demand answers from DoD
“To the extent the southern border deployment is causing readiness concerns, they must be addressed immediately,” lawmakers are demanding.
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Rep. Mike Turner on why he’s softened on Space Force, and the importance of an East Coast missile defense site
The lawmaker seems more supportive of plans to establish to Space Force, but that doesn’t mean Congress will accept the administration’s proposal as is, he tells Defense News.
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Let’s play Senate thermonuclear war: PODCAST
Changes in Senate confirmation votes, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie’s interview with Military Times, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s address to Congress, and military conspiracy theories.
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Rep. Jim Cooper talks Trump’s Space Force takeover, and what’s next for nukes and missile defense
Should there be a separate service for space? We check in with the head of the House Strategic Forces Subcommittee.
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This week in Congress: The rush before spring break
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 8, 2019.
-
House votes to end support for Yemen war, sending bill to Trump’s desk
Congress for the first time has invoked the decades-old War Powers Resolution to try and stop a foreign conflict.
-
US Air Force defends F-15X buy to skeptical Inhofe, Reed
U.S. Air Force officials are defending their reversal to pursue Boeing’s F-15X, a fourth-generation fighter jet, saying it will not derail plans to buy F-35 jets.
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Senate sets May date for NDAA debate to leapfrog House
The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to mark up the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act the week of May 20, outpacing the House for the first time in years.
-
Top Marine softens readiness warning for troops deployed to US-Mexico border
Lead U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials are downplaying concerns that troop deployments to the southern border are hurting military readiness, following a memo from the Marine commandant warning that the deployments are causing problems.
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Top US lawmakers demand Turkey choose: America’s F-35, or Russia’s S-400
If Turkey accepts the S-400, “no F-35s will ever reach Turkish soil,” four powerful U.S. senators have warned.
-
Do border deployments hurt readiness or not? Key Senate Democrats demand answers from DoD
“To the extent the southern border deployment is causing readiness concerns, they must be addressed immediately,” lawmakers are demanding.
-
Rep. Mike Turner on why he’s softened on Space Force, and the importance of an East Coast missile defense site
The lawmaker seems more supportive of plans to establish to Space Force, but that doesn’t mean Congress will accept the administration’s proposal as is, he tells Defense News.
-
Let’s play Senate thermonuclear war: PODCAST
Changes in Senate confirmation votes, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie’s interview with Military Times, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s address to Congress, and military conspiracy theories.
-
Rep. Jim Cooper talks Trump’s Space Force takeover, and what’s next for nukes and missile defense
Should there be a separate service for space? We check in with the head of the House Strategic Forces Subcommittee.
-
This week in Congress: The rush before spring break
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 8, 2019.
-
House votes to end support for Yemen war, sending bill to Trump’s desk
Congress for the first time has invoked the decades-old War Powers Resolution to try and stop a foreign conflict.
-
US Air Force defends F-15X buy to skeptical Inhofe, Reed
U.S. Air Force officials are defending their reversal to pursue Boeing’s F-15X, a fourth-generation fighter jet, saying it will not derail plans to buy F-35 jets.



