Dan Dupont

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Daily News | July 8, 2004

The Defense Department last week asked Senate appropriators to reconsider their decision to cut $74 million from its budget request for federally funded research and development centers.

Daily News | March 31, 2004

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency yesterday notified Congress of Taiwan's interest in buying two ultra-high-frequency, long-range early warning radars worth nearly $1.8 billion.

Daily News | March 30, 2004

The CIA has selectively declassified the testimony of a senior official to highlight his "suspicions" about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, while keeping information that counters those suspicions classified, according to a senior Senate Democrat.

Daily News | February 23, 2004

The Pentagon has canceled the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter program at the Army's request, senior service officials announced today.

Daily News | December 29, 2003

Boeing has been awarded a multiyear contract worth $8.6 billion for the production of 210 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, the Pentagon announced today.

Daily News | November 26, 2003

Aiming to improve logistics interoperability among allies, the United States has offered NATO six months of trial access to its radio frequency identification architecture, according to sources and documents.

Daily News | October 17, 2003

The Senate today passed an amendment to the $87 billion supplemental appropriations bill that would increase the number of active-duty Army troops by 10,000.

Daily News | September 11, 2003

Vice Adm. Timothy Keating has been selected to succeed Army Lt. Gen. George Casey as director of the Joint Staff, the Pentagon announced today.

Daily News | September 4, 2003

The White House yesterday announced its intent to nominate Michael Wynne for the job of under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.

Daily News | July 29, 2003

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told a Senate panel today the Defense Department would terminate a nascent futures market to predict terrorist attacks and their ramifications.

Daily News | July 8, 2003

The nomination of Air Force Secretary James Roche to be Army secretary was sent yesterday to the Senate, the White House announced.

Daily News | June 30, 2003

The fiscal year 2004 defense budget request contains $23.2 billion in funding for classified programs, the highest level since FY-98, according to the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

Daily News | June 18, 2003

The president today nominated Lt. Gen. John Abizaid to lead U.S. Central Command.

Daily News | May 9, 2003

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today said he has not yet given the president his recommendation for the next Army chief of staff, refuting suggestions that he handpicked a successor to Gen. Eric Shinseki more than a year ago.

Daily News | May 2, 2003

Colin McMillan, a former assistant secretary of defense, is a leading candidate for the Navy secretary job, sources tell InsideDefense.com.

Daily News | May 1, 2003

The Bush administration wants Air Force Secretary James Roche to be the next Army secretary, InsideDefense.com has learned.

Daily News | April 25, 2003

Adm. William Fallon, the vice chief of naval operations, has been nominated by the president to command U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Fleet Forces Command, the Pentagon announced today.

Daily News | April 22, 2003

The Army this week announced a bevy of moves for top intelligence officers, including the promotion of a new commander of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.

Daily News | March 25, 2003

The Army will serve as executive agent for U.S. plans to extinguish Iraqi oil well fires and assess the damage to oil facilities caused during the ongoing war, the Defense Department announced yesterday.

Daily News | March 14, 2003

The Defense Department last month created an integrated process team charged with determining if DOD can garner greater efficiencies and savings in its acquisition of services, which it defines as "identifiable tasks" rather than supply items.

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