"THE NEXT DEFENSE BATTLE: PEOPLE VS HARDWARE Politico writes, “With sequestration in place, the defense industry is heading for a life-or-death fight to protect its projects - and its first move might be to push for cuts on everything else. The two emerging blocs in the next budget battle are...
SIGNS YOUR PENTAGON PROGAM IS IN TROUBLE (via Politico) It has a bumpy track record. It has enemies on Capitol Hill. It’s not a big job-creator. It’s not tied into the Pentagon’s strategy. It’s an Army program.
$526.6B BUDGET The Pentagon will request $526.6 billion in base defense spending as part of President Barack Obama's FY14 budget request, Bloomberg News reports. The request will include funding for the 29 F-35 fighter jets previously planned to be built next year. But the request, expected to be sent to...
FEDERAL FURLOUGH TERRAIN Washington Post writes, "Every U.S. Park Police officer will be off the job for 14 days - but the national parks they patrol will be staffed. The Department of Housing and Urban Development will shut down for seven days starting in May, after concluding that staggering furloughs...
“Republicans are winning the sequester fight, writes Politico. Federal employees have so far taken no furlough days and the stock market hit an all-time record earlier this month. Amid all that, it's pretty hard for most of the public to understand what the Democrats were talking about, with all their gloom-and-doom...
AS MARGARET THATCHER SAID, "...ask a woman" President Obama appointed veteran U.S. Secret Service official Julia Pierson as the first female director in the agency's 148-year history.
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