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The Federal Deficit Is Shrinking. That’s Bad News For U.S. Defense Sector.
The federal deficit dropped significantly from 2012 to 2013, and analysts project it will, shy of changes to existing law, drop further later this decade. (Chart courtesy of USGovernmentSpending.com)...
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‘Strong Democrat’ Craves Return of Republican Party to ‘Get Some Things Done’
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks to the media prior to the start of an election night event for Virginia Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe, also a Democrat. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A Democratic senator...
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Why John McCain Sees Barack Obama’s Middle East Policy As Elephant Dung
Sen. John McCain is comparing the Obama administration’s foreign policy to elephant excrement. (VALERY ACHE/AFP/Getty Images) Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is known for speaking his mind. After all, he is...
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Sen. Inhofe’s Incredibly Tough Few Weeks
Sen. James Inhofe (far right) waits to greet Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos last Thursday, days before his son died in a plane crash. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Recent weeks have not been kind...
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Chiefs’ Equation: More Sequester Equals More Casualties. Lawmakers Don’t...
(L-R) Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno , Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos, and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh testify on...
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As Domestic Agenda Crumbles, Obama’s National Security Team Is Under Fire
President Obama receives his daily briefing from Susan Rice, his national security advisor, on Aug. 12 in Chilmark, Mass. (White House Photo by Pete Souza via Flickr) ESSAY Second terms for U.S....
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Are Things About To Get Awkward At Major Pacific Military Exercise?
The Taiwanese Kidd-class destroyer MAKUNG (1805, ex-USS CHANDLER DDG 996) launches an SM-2 surface-to-air missile during a live fire exercise on Sept. 26. Could Taiwanese ships participate alongside...
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Think Life in a Filibuster-Free Senate Will Drive John McCain Into...
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) talks with reporters after the Senate voted 52-48 to invoke the so-called ‘nuclear option. McCain hinted to Defense News that the rule change could lead him to seek a sixth...
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Harry Reid’s ‘Nuclear’ Agitation Began During Fight Over Chuck Hagel
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at a Thursday press conference with other Democratic leaders after the Senate passed the ‘nuclear option’. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Senate Republicans went to great...
View ArticleRead the White House Fact Sheet on the Iran Nuclear Deal
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2013 Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program The P5+1 (the...
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Senior House Democrat Suggests Pentagon Got Special Treatment
In the background, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno (r) chats with Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. In the foreground, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert (l) chats with Air Force Chief...
View ArticleSen. Rubio in London: Building Foreign Policy Cred for POTUS Run?
Click here to view the embedded video. Is Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida running for president? Some of his travels suggest his toes have at least tested those waters. Not long after the 2012 presidential...
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Why The Wall Street Journal’s Stinging Rebuke of HASC Republican Hawks Matters
GOP-on-GOP Attack: The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board has some advice — and some harsh words — for HASC Republicans. (Staff image by Sam Votsis compiled from Getty Images and House...
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Book Review: Blinking Red
It’s easy to forget that it’s been less than a decade since the reorganization of the intelligence community as part of the post-9/11 handwringing that went on in Washington, but as the role the NSA...
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McKeon To Wall Street Journal: Your Editorial ‘Misses The Mark’
HASC Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., listens during an August hearing. McKeon is pushing back on a WSJ editorial he says miscast his views on sequestration. (Mike Morones/Staff) House Armed...
View ArticleRand Paul Says Passing Any Budget Deal ‘May Be Impossible’ (Video)
Click here to view the embedded video. “im·pos·si·ble adjective \(ˌ)im-ˈpä-sə-bəl\ : unable to be done or to happen : not possible” That’s according to Merriam-Webster, the dictionary folks. And it’s...
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Budget Drama: Paul Ryan Subtly Calls Out Tea Party Republicans
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., walk past the Senate chamber on their way to a press conference to announce a bipartisan...
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Why Two Senate Amigos’ Opposition to Ryan-Murray Budget Plan Matters
Two of the Senate’s “Three Amigos,” GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, announced Thursday evening they will oppose Congress’ first bipartisan budget plan...
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Former Pentagon “Drone” Lawyer Confirmed as New DHS Chief
On Thursday, the Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Jeh Johnson to be the fourth head of the Department of Homeland Security since its creation in 2002, by a vote of 78-16. President Obama’s nominee—who...
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GOP Senator: ‘How Many People Really Want to Vote Against … the Troops?’
Republicans have had it with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Will those frustrations lead them to kill the annual Pentagon policy bill? (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Senate Republicans were mad when...
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