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Funding patch would avert shutdown through Dec. 11, fund Navy’s Columbia program
House Democrats have filed a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown and keep the Department of Defense and other federal agencies operating through Dec. 11.
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After deaths at ammo plants, lawmakers to quiz US Army leaders on modernizing production
A planned House hearing comes in the wake of a series of explosions and fires that have killed and injured nearly a dozen workers at munition plants in recent years and led to a previously unreported investigation by the House Armed Services Committee.
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Thornberry on overseas priorities, funding and advice to his successor
The House and Senate are expected to reconcile their respective versions of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but not before the outcome of the Nov. 3 elections, according to House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas.
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Energy Dept. officials are ‘trying to undermine’ nuclear weapons agency, Inhofe alleges
“As chairman of this committee, I won’t stand idly by and allow this to happen. This work is too important,” said the Senate Armed Services Committee chair.
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Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
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State Department defends firing of watchdog who probed Saudi arms sales
U.S. State Department officials defended Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s firing of the agency’s independent watchdog, telling angry lawmakers that it had nothing to do with a probe of U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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The new US Air Force chief has a reputation of only asking for what he needs. He’s going to need a lot.
Gen. CQ Brown’s colleagues call him a “quiet giant” with a Rolodex as long as his list of appointments overseas. But does he have the ability to revolutionize the Air Force before it’s too late?
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Biden not planning defense cuts, but they may come anyway
Former Vice President Joe Biden said this week that, if elected president, he doesn’t foresee major reductions in the U.S. defense budget as the military refocuses its attention to potential threats from “near-peer” powers such as China and Russia.
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19 years after 9/11: Still at war with an outdated authorization
Both houses of Congress must work together to repeal the current authorizations for the use of military force, implemented to wage endless wars.
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Top House Armed Services Republican ‘dismayed’ at Trump’s attack on military leaders
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee says it was wrong for President Trump to have said Pentagon leaders want to go to war to satisfy the defense industry.
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Funding patch would avert shutdown through Dec. 11, fund Navy’s Columbia program
House Democrats have filed a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown and keep the Department of Defense and other federal agencies operating through Dec. 11.
-
After deaths at ammo plants, lawmakers to quiz US Army leaders on modernizing production
A planned House hearing comes in the wake of a series of explosions and fires that have killed and injured nearly a dozen workers at munition plants in recent years and led to a previously unreported investigation by the House Armed Services Committee.
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Thornberry on overseas priorities, funding and advice to his successor
The House and Senate are expected to reconcile their respective versions of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but not before the outcome of the Nov. 3 elections, according to House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas.
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Energy Dept. officials are ‘trying to undermine’ nuclear weapons agency, Inhofe alleges
“As chairman of this committee, I won’t stand idly by and allow this to happen. This work is too important,” said the Senate Armed Services Committee chair.
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Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
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State Department defends firing of watchdog who probed Saudi arms sales
U.S. State Department officials defended Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s firing of the agency’s independent watchdog, telling angry lawmakers that it had nothing to do with a probe of U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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The new US Air Force chief has a reputation of only asking for what he needs. He’s going to need a lot.
Gen. CQ Brown’s colleagues call him a “quiet giant” with a Rolodex as long as his list of appointments overseas. But does he have the ability to revolutionize the Air Force before it’s too late?
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Biden not planning defense cuts, but they may come anyway
Former Vice President Joe Biden said this week that, if elected president, he doesn’t foresee major reductions in the U.S. defense budget as the military refocuses its attention to potential threats from “near-peer” powers such as China and Russia.
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19 years after 9/11: Still at war with an outdated authorization
Both houses of Congress must work together to repeal the current authorizations for the use of military force, implemented to wage endless wars.
-
Top House Armed Services Republican ‘dismayed’ at Trump’s attack on military leaders
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee says it was wrong for President Trump to have said Pentagon leaders want to go to war to satisfy the defense industry.
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Funding patch would avert shutdown through Dec. 11, fund Navy’s Columbia program
House Democrats have filed a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown and keep the Department of Defense and other federal agencies operating through Dec. 11.
-
After deaths at ammo plants, lawmakers to quiz US Army leaders on modernizing production
A planned House hearing comes in the wake of a series of explosions and fires that have killed and injured nearly a dozen workers at munition plants in recent years and led to a previously unreported investigation by the House Armed Services Committee.
-
Thornberry on overseas priorities, funding and advice to his successor
The House and Senate are expected to reconcile their respective versions of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but not before the outcome of the Nov. 3 elections, according to House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas.
-
Energy Dept. officials are ‘trying to undermine’ nuclear weapons agency, Inhofe alleges
“As chairman of this committee, I won’t stand idly by and allow this to happen. This work is too important,” said the Senate Armed Services Committee chair.
-
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
-
State Department defends firing of watchdog who probed Saudi arms sales
U.S. State Department officials defended Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s firing of the agency’s independent watchdog, telling angry lawmakers that it had nothing to do with a probe of U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
-
The new US Air Force chief has a reputation of only asking for what he needs. He’s going to need a lot.
Gen. CQ Brown’s colleagues call him a “quiet giant” with a Rolodex as long as his list of appointments overseas. But does he have the ability to revolutionize the Air Force before it’s too late?
-
Biden not planning defense cuts, but they may come anyway
Former Vice President Joe Biden said this week that, if elected president, he doesn’t foresee major reductions in the U.S. defense budget as the military refocuses its attention to potential threats from “near-peer” powers such as China and Russia.
-
19 years after 9/11: Still at war with an outdated authorization
Both houses of Congress must work together to repeal the current authorizations for the use of military force, implemented to wage endless wars.
-
Top House Armed Services Republican ‘dismayed’ at Trump’s attack on military leaders
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee says it was wrong for President Trump to have said Pentagon leaders want to go to war to satisfy the defense industry.



