Politico writes, “Senate Democrats appear unlikely to push through much of the sweeping gun agenda President Barack Obama laid out on Wednesday — largely because of a lack of votes from Republicans and Second Amendment concerns from a handful of Democratic moderates. When the Senate returns to session next week,...
House Republicans left Washington on Wednesday morning for a retreat that will be focused on unifying the conference after the fractious fight over the “fiscal cliff," and preparing for upcoming policy battles. GOP SEES SEQUESTER, NOT DEBT LIMIT, AS LEVER National Journal reports that, “Republicans appear to be willing to...
Politico reports, “If Congress does not avert sequestration or pass a budget this year… “We are on the brink of creating a hollow force due to an unprecedented convergence of budget conditions,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey and other military leaders said in a letter to SASC...
SASC is expected to hold its Hagel confirmation hearing late this month or early next, said an official close to the process. COUNTING VOTES Politico writes, "Chuck Hagel’s battle lines are clear: To bolster his prospects of being confirmed to run the Pentagon, he must reassure a key handful of...
AP’s Robert Burns, “Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year. … The Pentagon has struggled to deal with the suicides, which Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others have called an epidemic. The problem reflects severe strains on military personnel burdened with more than a decade...
The Defense secretary, responding to a reporter who asked him what he thought of the film, said: “You know what? I lived it.”
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