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Rep. Mike Turner: The New Champion of HASC Mark-Up Brevity?
Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, HASC's Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee chairman, the new champion of mark-up brevity? (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images) It must drive open-government...
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Capitol Hill Wants its Army Network
Welcome to another federal budget season, where concerned letters from Congress to the Pentagon start flying like Rumsfeldian snowflakes as lawmakers look to ensure the health of programs rooted in...
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What Deadline? Sources Say DoD Putting More Time on Strategic Review Clock
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s sweeping strategic review has confirmed one thing about the Pentagon: Inside its corridors, a due date remains anything but a hard deadline. The review, ordered by Hagel...
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Congressmen Who Voted For Sequestration Cry Foul As Effects Hit Home
In the latest installment of the defense industry and their Congressional representatives rallying to save DoD acquisition programs that directly affect their district/state/business, EADS North...
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Task Force: Killer Drone
If there’s one thing that Washington D.C. loves, it’s a good Task Force. To that end, the Stimson Center announced last week that former CENTCOM chief (Ret.) Gen. John Abizaid will head up a new Task...
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White House Re-Ignites ‘Grand Bargain’ Negotiations…By Slamming a GOP Bill
The White House wants all 2014 spending bills to reflect its desire for a 'grand bargain,' a sweeping fiscal deal that would void sequestration's remaining nine years. (El KEBIR LAMRANI/AFP/Getty...
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HASC Green-Lights East Coast Missile Shield
A Republican-controlled House panel on Wednesday evening voted to give the Pentagon the green light to erect a missile defense defense system on the East Coast of the United States, moving the...
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Sen. John McCain, He’s Got Jokes
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers a laugh line Thursday afternoon at the Brookings Institution in Washington. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) He’s the Senate’s self-described “Maverick.” Washington...
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Despite Breathless Headlines, Military Spy Agency is Hiring
(Photo: Defense Intelligence Agency) Every ambitious start-up needs a little seed money. That’s true for new businesses and clandestine military spy agencies. So be skeptical of breathless media...
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Complaints About MEADS Have International Flavor
After failing to defund the controversial Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) in the Pentagon’s 2013 budget, the House Armed Services Committee is trying to scuttle the missile defense program...
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Slew of NDAA Amendments Expected on Nukes, Afghanistan, Iran, Drones, Etc.
The exterior of the U.S. House chamber. Inside, members this week will take up 2014 Pentagon policy legislation. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) The full U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to begin...
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Congress Bristling Over Obama’s Syria Policies
Members of both parties increased their pressure on president Obama Tuesday over sending weapons to embattled rebels in Syria, as a group of Senators wrote letter to the White House asking the...
View ArticleArmy Remotely Flys Black Hawk, Feels Heat From Congress
Click here to view the embedded video. For the second time since November, the US Army was able to remotely operate a Black Hawk helicopter around the Diablo Range in California, using the bird as a...
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Sen. Coburn: Every Federal Program Needs Same Scrutiny as Phone, Email...
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., in his office on Capitol Hill. (Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) Congressional Republicans don’t agree with Democratic President Barack...
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Parsing One Old-School Senator’s Pause
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill. (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call/via Getty Images) ESSAY Since media reports kicked off the NSA leaks...
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Which Defense Officials, Lawmakers Made New Washington Tell-All Book?
(Photo: Penguin Books) Washington loves a tell-all book. Washington also loves a book that “exposes” all the things about Washington that everyone (allegedly) finds distasteful. One of those...
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Always-Candid Corker Takes White House, Karzai to the Woodshed
(Photo: Jeppe Wikstrom via Getty Images) Sen. Bob Corker stands out on Capitol Hill. Not just because, when he’s a few weeks between haircuts, the Tennessean takes on a rather Colonial Era look. It’s...
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Republican Lawmakers Finger First Missile Test Failure Culprit: Barack Obama
A US missile like this one failed to intercept a target missile on July 5. GOP lawmakers believe the Obama administration has cut missile defense funds too deeply, and holds ample blame for the...
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Harry Reid’s Bad Day At The Office Ends A Bit Too Soon
The weekend couldn't come soon enough for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid forgot something on Thursday evening. Kind of a big...
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The Jockeying Begins for New DHS Chief
Seconds after Department of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano announced her decision to leave the government to accept the job as president of the University of California system this...
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