Lawmakers, Industry Gear Up For Budget Battle
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Washington: Defense hawks and defense industry supporters are ramping up the rhetoric as they prepare to battle for defense dollars on Capitol Hill. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta plans to meet tomorrow with top defense industry leaders as Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee prepares to weigh in on defense spending levels for fiscal year 2012. “The Secretary… Keep reading →
HASC Chair Revs Up Campaign Against DoD Cuts
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Washington: Top Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee began today what is clearly intended to be a sustained campaign against further cuts to the Pentagon’s budget. Rep. Buck McKeon, HASC chairman, and his vice chairman, Rep. Mac Thornberry, met with defense reporters and released a video to press their case that the Pentagon’s… Keep reading →
Senior House Leaders Want ‘Doomsday’ Info from White House, DoD
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Washington: The top defense and budget leaders in the House of Representatives want the director of the Office of Management and Budget and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to tell them more about the administration’s top-level defense review and clarification about just what will happen if the Super Congress can’t cut $1.2 trillion from the budget.… Keep reading →
HASC Chair Rejects ‘Gang of Six’ Budget Plan; DoD Cuts Too Deep
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Washington: The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee today rejected the Senate’s Gang of Six budget plan, saying it cut far too much from the Pentagon’s budget. “Based on what we’ve read the proposal would result in $886 Billion in security cuts over 10 years. Due to a firewall in the proposal between security… Keep reading →