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Pentagon completes draft criteria for 2005 base closings
December 19, 2003 The Pentagon this week finalized its draft selection criteria for the 2005 round of military base closures. The draft list was sent to the Federal Register Friday and is expected to be published Monday, according to a Pentagon spokesman, which would trigger a 30-day public comment period. The final list ...
Lawmakers challenge Austrian sidearms purchase for Iraq
December 12, 2003 While some European officials are fuming at U.S. plans to reserve $18.6 billion in Iraq reconstruction contracts for allies who risked lives there, several U.S. lawmakers are upset that the Bush administration is buying European-made handguns to arm fledgling security forces in Iraq. At least three lawmakers, including House Armed ...
Democrats unveil plan to increase troop strength
December 10, 2003 House Democrats are fueling the longstanding debate over the demand to increase U.S. military troop numbers with new legislation that would increase Army, Air Force and Marine Corps end strength by 8 percent over the next five years. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., introduced legislation Monday that would increase Army troop ...
'Losers' in 2004 base funding could be vulnerable to closure
December 9, 2003 The Washington, D.C., area has its share of excess military infrastructure, some of which could prove ripe for trimming during the Defense Department's upcoming round of base closures. One vulnerable facility is Bolling Air Force Base, an analysis of the final fiscal 2004 military construction appropriations bill shows. So far, ...
Winners in military construction bill hope to stave off base closures
December 8, 2003 The $9.3 billion, fiscal 2004 military construction spending bill President Bush recently signed into law promises more than improvements in readiness, housing and health care for U.S. troops and their families. For dozens of communities across the country, the bill represents a multimillion-dollar investment in the future of their local ...
Defense transformation leader suggests improvements
December 3, 2003 The Defense Department needs to spend more money and attention on a handful of specific combat readiness areas to better prepare for future military conflicts, according to retired Navy Vice Adm. Arthur Cebrowski, the Pentagon's resident military transformation guru and head of an internal think-tank charged with shaping the armed ...
Boeing fires former Pentagon official involved in tanker lease deal
November 24, 2003 Boeing Monday announced the dismissal of Darleen Druyun, a former Pentagon acquisition official credited with helping to negotiate a controversial plan to lease Boeing 767 commercial jets to the Air Force for use as aerial refueling tankers. The company's chief financial officer, Michael Sears, also was dismissed for his role ...
Intelligence reauthorization bill retools information capabilities
November 21, 2003 The House voted 264-163 Thursday to approve a conference bill authorizing U.S. intelligence activities for fiscal 2004, barely a day after House and Senate conferees completed negotiations over the measure. Aides said Thursday evening, that it was unclear when the Senate would consider the conference report. The bill would provide ...
McCain puts Pentagon on notice about tanker purchase
November 20, 2003 Concerned that the Pentagon may move forward during the recess with its plan to acquire Boeing tanker aircraft, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., on Thursday called on Michael Wynne, the Pentagon's acting acquisition chief, to provide him with a briefing detailing that purchase plan. The plan is to ...
Senators warn Pentagon against flouting air tanker requirements
November 13, 2003 With Senate passage Wednesday of the fiscal 2004 defense authorization conference report, two years of debate over how the Air Force should begin to modernize its aging fleet of aerial refueling tankers seemed to be drawing to a close. But on Wednesday, senators continued to wrangle with top Pentagon officials ...
