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GE jet engine survives House (The Boston Globe)

Obama may veto defense legislation; jobs at stake at Lynn facility The US House of Representatives risked a potential veto by President...

Medill National Security Zone: Tips to Improve Your Military Reporting (nationalsecurityzone.org)

Analysts & Watchdogs There are three very good watchdog/analysis groups: 1. The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment 2....

Establish transparency standards for military contractors (PolitiFact)

"Establish transparency standards for military contractors. … Create the reporting requirements, accounting, and accountability needed for...

House Defense Chief Blasts F-35 Cuts, Laughs at Veto Threat (WIRED)

You can see the next two years of congressional defense debates, in miniature, from the office of Rep. Buck McKeon, the California...

Southland defense firms would be hit hard by an earmark ban (Los Angeles Times)

  Some would have to cut jobs or go out of business if a proposed moratorium on federal earmarks — money directed to specific projects —...

Defense-Spending Bill Enters Uncharted Waters (The Wall Street Journal)

Political upheaval in Washington has upended the Pentagon's traditional budget cycle, creating serious uncertainty for the military and the...

We can’t afford the F-35 engine (The Washington Post)

   Kathleen Parker ["The engine that might," op-ed, June 10] insinuated that congressional support for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter alternate...

TCS President Ryan Alexander Op-Ed: Why two jets are not better than one (Politico)

 Today, President Ryan Alexander issued an Op-Ed to Politico.com regarding the recent $485 million alternate engine addition by the House...

Congress: Forget National Security, F-22 is About Jobs (Capitol News Connection)

Here’s what’s in the DoD Authorization bill: 1-point-7-5 billion dollars for seven new F-22 fighter jets. Which the Pentagon and President...

Audit raises questions about half billion spent by MacDill (WTSP Tampa Bay)

Tampa, Florida -- $219,000 to fix an improperly installed lug nut on a C-130 aircraft, $225,000 to repaint combat helicopters, and a half...

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...