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Lawmaker: New amphibious ships should be nuclear
February 13, 2008 House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee Chairman Gene Taylor, D-Miss., who has insisted that the Navy's next generation of cruisers be nuclear powered, said Tuesday that future amphibious vessels also should go nuclear. Taylor also repeated his demand that the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, which has been plagued by design ...
House Dem wants additional ships, aircraft in spending bills
February 7, 2008 Expressing concern about the deteriorating combat readiness of the military after five years of war in Iraq, House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha, D-Pa., Thursday said he would use the pending war supplemental funding and the fiscal 2009 budget to buy additional aircraft and ships. Murtha said he would ...
Intelligence chiefs: Waterboarding legal in certain circumstances
February 5, 2008 The intelligence community's annual public report on the threats facing the nation was overtaken during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Tuesday by the politically charged issues of waterboarding and other "coercive" interrogation techniques, extension of the government's evesdropping authority and the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear weapons program. National ...
Military officers say recruiting goals are being met
January 31, 2008 The recruiting commanders for the four armed services told a Senate panel Thursday they are meeting their recruiting goals, despite an increasingly difficult environment where 70 percent of young Americans are disqualified for military service and the propensity to serve is at the lowest point since the post-Vietnam era. Army ...
IRS nominee faces tough questions from Senate panel
January 29, 2008 Senate Finance Committee members gave a warm welcome Tuesday to President Bush's nominee to be Internal Revenue Service commissioner, then dumped on him a staggering load of problems. In addition to long-standing concerns over the enormous amount of uncollected taxes, IRS's badly antiquated computer system, mounting complexity of financial deals ...
Coast Guard says icebreakers key To U.S. future in Arctic
January 17, 2008 The Coast Guard's top officer, Adm. Thad Allen, called Wednesday for a national dialogue on U.S. national security interests in the Arctic, which has become the arena of increasingly intense international competition for territorial rights and resources. The debate, Allen said, must include plans to replace the Coast Guard's two ...
Competition heats up for Air Force refueling tanker deal
January 16, 2008 With the decision on the $40 billion Air Force tanker contract perhaps a month away, the Northrop Grumman-Airbus team made a final attempt Tuesday to shape national public opinion, which should not influence the contract decision but could affect the political reaction on one of the hardest fought defense competitions ...
Pentagon task force urges 'modest' rise in TRICARE fees
December 20, 2007 The Defense Department task force seeking a way to ensure the quality, efficiency and fairness of the military healthcare system issued a final report Thursday with recommendations for higher fees for military retirees, which Congress rejected repeatedly when proposed by the Bush administration. The leaders of the congressionally created task ...
Current federal spending track called 'unsustainable'
December 13, 2007 The Congressional Budget Office presented a long-range budget forecast Thursday warning that due to massive increases in projected health care costs, "under any plausible scenario, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path." It said without substantial spending cuts or revenue increases the soaring federal debt "could seriously harm the ...
Marine Corps commandant says Christmas Eve layoff notices possible
December 6, 2007 The Marine Corps is studying the potential impact on its operations if Congress does not approve a war supplemental appropriations bill before leaving for the year, and as many as 24,000 civilian employees could be affected, a commandant said Wednesday. Gen. James Conway told reporters at the Pentagon his commanders ...
