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By David Alexander and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon unveiled a $ 526.6 billion budget on Wednesday that calls for base closures, program cancellations and smaller pay increases, but which is still $ 52 billion higher than spending caps set by law, putting the department on a path toward another year of financial [...]
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Pentagon’s $526.6 billion budget asks Congress for unpopular cuts
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2013
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No Comments »Lawmakers, vet groups panning Pentagon’s new medal
Posted by admin on February 27th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans groups and lawmakers are saying the military’s new medal for cyber warriors should get a demotion so it doesn’t outrank such revered honors as the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Schumer to back Hagel for Pentagon’s top job
Posted by admin on January 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer, an influential Democrat and member of the party's leadership, said Tuesday he would back President Barack Obama's choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Pentagon despite earlier misgivings about the Republican's stand on Israel, Iran and gay rights. Tweet This Post
Lockheed again misses Pentagon’s F-35 fighter goals
Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp lost $ 31.5 million in award fees for its new F-35 fighter jet in 2011, the second consecutive year it did not meet Pentagon development goals for the aircraft, which is now facing a third restructuring. The Pentagon said the $ 382 billion program to build the radar-evading warplane [...]
Pentagon’s inspector general deserves a yellow stripe for okaying shillery by retired officers
Posted by admin on December 29th, 2011
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Deserves, General, inspector, officer's, okaying, Pentagon's, retired, shillery, stripe, yellow No Comments »Dem lawmaker questions Pentagon’s millions spent sponsoring sporting events
Posted by admin on June 21st, 2011
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