Defense
Defense chief makes new appointments to policy board
Picks include Rudy DeLeon, who is leading the task force reviewing the Pentagon’s pay-for-performance system.
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Army concerned by termination fees
Agency acquisition chief says if service doesn't receive enough money in fiscal 2010 to pay contractor fees, it will mean delays in modernization plans.
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ADVICE+DISSENT:Intelligence File Gone Missing
Congress has the tools to check intelligence agencies, but doesn’t use them.
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GOP accuses administration of keeping ineffective intel center open
Opponents say center in the district of Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., duplicates work done elsewhere, lacks a clear mission and is poorly located.
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Defense personnel system boasts supporters
Pay-for-performance at the Pentagon has many detractors, but also a fair share of defenders.
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House passes fiscal 2010 Interior-Environment bill
The $32.3 billion measure matches Obama's request and tops the fiscal 2009 amount by $4.7 billion.
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Leaders to fight own panel's decision to buy more F-22s
Defense chief has called more funding unnecessary particularly as the Air Force begins to buy F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and relies more heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Senate panel adds seven F-22s to fiscal 2010 bill
The White House has threatened to veto any authorization measure that continues F-22 production.
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Democrats split over Afghanistan exit demands
Defense bill amendment demanding the Obama administration produce an exit strategy for the war in Afghanistan fails.
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Administration calls language gutting Pentagon pay system ‘premature’
The results of an ongoing review will help lawmakers make informed decisions about the future of the pay-for-performance arrangement, White House says.
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From Nextgov.com: Cyber Command creation leaves key details to be addressed
Defense Secretary Robert Gates mandates new organization ; operational, budget issues to be sorted out in coming months.
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Mass. lawmakers urge Army to keep multimillion-dollar contract in state
Defense contractor plans to close New Bedford plant producing military backpacks and relocate work to Puerto Rico.
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Lawmaker eases demand for split tanker deal
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., will stop short of requiring the Pentagon to use the split-buy strategy.
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Obama threatens veto of defense bill over fighter jet add-on
Allowing funding for more F-22 Raptors would reverse the Pentagon's decision to end production of the stealthy fighters.
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Senate Defense bill to raise military pay by 3.4 percent
Plan sets pay hike a half-percent higher than the Obama administration requested.
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Lawmaker says he'll urge appropriators to kill Osprey program
Officials defend the hybrid tilt-rotor aircraft, describing it as an essential weapon system.
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From Nextgov.com: Defense announces new modernization program in wake of FCS
Plan will incorporate network technologies developed for troubled weapons program.
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Amendment process for DHS spending bills attracts attention
Democratic leaders hope to finish all 12 appropriations measures before end of the fiscal year.
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Senator considers buying more fighter jets for Navy
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said he does not back congressional efforts to add more F-22 Raptor fighter jets or C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes to Air Force arsenal.
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