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Obama Seeks Senate Confirmation for Top Arms Control Post at State
May 10, 2013 President Obama on Thursday asked senators to confirm a key State Department arms control official to a post she has filled on a provisional basis for more than a year. The administration in February 2012 announced it had tapped Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose ...
Hagel Presses Air Force for Details on Discipline of Nuclear Missile Staffers
May 9, 2013
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The Air Force must provide further details on its recent decision to remove 17 intercontinental ballistic missile control personnel from their positions at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday. The service took steps against 17 missile workers after a March audit indicated ...
Air Force Yanks 17 Officers From Nuclear Missile Launch Posts
May 8, 2013
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An Intercontinental ballistic missile control team at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., demonstrated a poor understanding of missile firing procedures during a March audit, prompting the Air Force to pull 17 personnel from their assignments , the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The incident marked the service's largest removal to ...
Obama Fills Out His Cabinet
April 29, 2013 Billionaire Obama fundraiser Penny Pritzker is the president’s likely pick for Commerce secretary, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx will reportedly be his new Transportation secretary, and White House staffer Michael Froman is expected to be nominated as the new US trade representative. Now they just have to survive the Senate confirmation ...
Pentagon Assigns $380 Million to Controversial Air Defense System
April 10, 2013
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The Defense Department intends to allocate $380 million in funding provided by a congressional stopgap spending measure to the divisive Medium Extended Air Defense System, The Hill reported on Tuesday. "The appropriated amount, less the sequester reduction, will be the final U.S. contribution to the MEADS program," Defense Secretary Chuck ...
Furlough Solidarity: Officials and Lawmakers Offer Voluntary Pay Cuts
March 1, 2013 A handful of lawmakers and federal executives who are exempt from taking forced, unpaid leave due to sequestration have pledged to stand with the downtrodden and the furloughed. The following is a list of people in government whose pay is unaffected by the automatic, across-the-board cuts, but who have discussed ...
Who will be the next president racing at Nationals baseball games?
January 25, 2013 As Teddy Roosevelt crossed the finish line at that fateful October Nationals game, it not only ended his 525-game losing streak, but it also marked the start of a new era in foam-headed presidential racing. Now that the “Let Teddy Win” campaign is complete, Washington's baseball team has decided to ...
NNSA chief to step down
December 27, 2012 The head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration has announced he will step down on Jan. 18. Thomas D'Agostino has led the semiautonomous branch of the Energy Department for the past five and a half years. He will be replaced on an acting basis by Neile Miller, who has ...
Sen. Inouye of Hawaii dies at 88
December 17, 2012 Sen. Daniel Inouye has died at the age of 88. He was the longest current serving member of the Senate at the time of his death. The Democrat was the senior Senator from the Aloha State and a long time presence on the Appropriations Committee. A Japanese American, he was ...
Lawmakers consider $55 billion 'fallback' to avert sequestration
October 23, 2012 In an effort to undo the mandated across-the-board spending cuts slated to take effect on Jan. 2, some in Congress are eyeing the possibility of replacing the $109 billion in automatic cuts with a $55 billion replacement package, Reuters reports. This would only be possible as part of a larger ...
