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House Armed Services chair wants China spending bill, less Ukraine aid
Rep. Mike Rogers called for a China defense supplemental spending bill this year and indicated the House would approve Ukraine aid at lower levels.
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Budget
Senators seek to bypass defense caps in debt ceiling bill
Defense hawks demand supplementals to increase the debt ceiling agreement's defense spending caps, possibly in the next Ukraine aid bill.
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Debt ceiling agreement locks in Biden’s proposed defense budget
The White House and House Republicans reached a debt ceiling agreement that increases the defense budget by 3.3% while cutting non-defense spending.
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Debt breach could damage defense industry, Air Force official says
A debt ceiling breach would be "uncharted territory," Andrew Hunter said — but could do "profound damage" to the defense industry.
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‘Devastating’ debt default threatens troop pay, defense programs
If Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, payments to troops, veterans and defense contractors could cease as soon as June.
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Give the Defense Innovation Unit a slice of Ukraine funds
Calls to make Ukraine a laboratory and a testing ground for our own weapons and platforms are the right ones.
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Defense budget bill hit with delay over debt ceiling fight
The House’s markup of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act — initially scheduled for this week — is now postponed.
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Protect the force with timely and robust readiness funding
The safety and readiness of the force is too important to get lost in clever language about decision frameworks and assessment tools.
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Marine Corps wants $13M for automated war zone air delivery drones
The systems are designed to carry payloads of up to 150 pounds over distances of up to nine miles in containers secured underneath.
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Marines want 31 amphibious ships. The Pentagon disagrees. Now what?
The Navy has 31 amphibious ships — what the Corps considers the bare minimum it needs — but the Pentagon plans to shrink the fleet in fiscal 2024.
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Is America postured for a fight in the Indo-Pacific?
To achieve the transformative effect needed to bolster deterrence against China, the Biden administration needs to keep its foot on the gas.
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House rejects Gaetz pitch to withdraw all US forces from Somalia
The House voted against withdrawing U.S. troops from Somalia, and an AFRICOM unfunded priorities list requests additional funding to review troop levels.
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Will German purchase of Boeing Chinooks relieve pressure on US Army?
The U.S. Army is hoping the latest foreign military sale of the CH-47 will alleviate pressure to buy the latest variant for its own active duty force.
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Congressional China panel preps proposals to rapidly arm Taiwan
In an exclusive interview, Mike Gallagher previewed some of the Taiwan provisions that his China-focused panel is drafting for inclusion in a defense bill.
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Beyond ship counts: Training, readiness and capabilities ‘count’ too
While procurement numbers and fleet size are important, they are not a proxy for assessing warfighting prowess.
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Why the US Navy needs dedicated command ships
Suggestions that there is no need for a sea-based battle staff platform fly in the face of Cold War and recent history.
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The US military must move beyond defense-reform theater
Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.
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