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Market Sectors :: Congress
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January 6, 2009
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's request for the supplemental war-funding bill is not complete and may cost $69.7 billion or more, depending on decisions regarding force levels in Afghanistan, the defense secretary recently told lawmakers. Secretary Robert...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5210.html December 22, 2008
As we do each year, we will be observing a holiday break. Accordingly, your next...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5136.html December 22, 2008
The year 2008 will be remembered as a time of glittering advances in space and missile defense programs, a time of bright horizons and goals fulfilled. But 2009 at this point is filled with uncertainty, with no guarantees that Democratic President-elect Obama...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5137.html December 22, 2008
Future Of Constellation Program An Immediate Issue For President-Elect Obama To Decide: Gordon Russians Charge NASA High Price For Further Soyuz Flights, But Gordon Says Extra Shuttle Flights Would Cost Even More President-elect Obama must decide, soon...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5138.html December 22, 2008
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is honest and outspoken, and knows what he is doing in leading the space agency, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee, said. Therefore, President-elect Obama should retain Griffin...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5139.html December 22, 2008
Iran and North Korea are at a tipping point, prepared to plunge ahead with nuclear programs and missile development that could lead to a cascade of nuclear proliferation across the planet, a commission report warned. But if the United States erects a robust...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5141.html December 22, 2008
When U.S. astronauts next set foot on the moon, they likely will be following Chinese taikonauts there, an aerospace leader predicted. Marion Blakey, the Aerospace Industries Association president and CEO, said an accelerated U.S. lunar program to beat the...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5143.html December 22, 2008
NASA is commemorating the heady days in the 1960s when the United States was committing enormous resources, both financial and technological, to its space program, with a celebration this week of the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo flight. That mission...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5145.html December 22, 2008
The United States shouldn't use a military strike to annihilate Iranian nuclear production facilities, but President-elect Obama should order talks with Iran and convince Tehran leaders that the United States will attack unless Iran surrenders its nuclear...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5147.html December 22, 2008
While NASA supporters worry that President-elect Obama might cut funding for the space program, an upbeat sign came when Obama's team invited NASA to march in his inaugural parade Jan. 20. And NASA was happy to accept the invitation. The crew of Space Shuttle...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5148.html December 22, 2008
NASA tomorrow will make a live-broadcast announcement on a contract for commercial private space flights that would use a crewed spacecraft on transport missions to and from the International Space Station. The announcement is set for 4 p.m. ET tomorrow. NASA...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5157.html December 19, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) followed the actions of dozens of his House colleagues this week in sending a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates slamming the Pentagon's reported plans to cut more than $2 billion in Abrams tank and Stryker...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5126.html December 18, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) raised more contributions from the defense industry than any other House candidate did this past election season, and his former aide's lobbying firm was the top donor to the military funding panel Murtha chairs...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5097.html December 18, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Eighteen senators called yesterday for President-elect Barack Obama to support "a robust shipbuilding budget and policies" for military and commercial vessels. "Such policies and funding would create and sustain highly...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5104.html December 17, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford A congressionally mandated commission's finding that there is value in maintaining a nuclear deterrent is expected to fuel arguments on Capitol Hill for a successor effort to the Bush administration's ill-fated Reliable Replacement...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5090.html December 15, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) warned his Senate colleagues late last week that national security and, specifically, technology in Army vehicles, are tied to fate of ailing domestic automakers. "What...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5054.html December 15, 2008
Center For American Progress, Center For National Policy, Center For Defense Information Urge Obama To Cut Funds Several Washington think tanks that urge deep cuts in some missile defense and other military acquisition programs stand ready to become the brain...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5057.html December 15, 2008
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), a key lawmaker overseeing missile defense programs, indicated she was unimpressed by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor killing a target missile, because the target didn't emit countermeasures. Tauscher, who...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5058.html December 15, 2008
Test Win Aids Push For Disputed European Missile Defense System, Lawmakers Say Lawmakers Say Test Proves GMD System Can Protect Nation Against Long-Range Missiles; Nation Mustn't Ignore Rising Threats Key Republican members of Congress said the recent...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5059.html December 15, 2008
The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, which predicted a WMD terrorist attack likely will occur by 2013, focused on weapons of mass destruction rather than possible use of missiles to deliver those weapons, because it is...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/congress/5063.html
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