Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said today he does not yet know how much of the $20 billion in emergency spending requested yesterday by President Bush will be made available to the Pentagon.
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Sunday, December 8, 2024
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Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said today he does not yet know how much of the $20 billion in emergency spending requested yesterday by President Bush will be made available to the Pentagon.
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today said the United States would be better off spending its defense dollars on conventional weapon systems rather than on a less-than-proven national missile defense.
House Armed Services readiness subcommittee Chairman Curt Weldon (R-PA) plans to propose a $6 billion emergency supplemental spending bill to address critical military readiness issues.
In a party line vote, the Senate Armed Services Committee today defied a Bush administration veto threat and elected to cut missile defense spending by $1.3 billion in the fiscal year 2002 Defense Authorization Bill.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today reiterated the Pentagon's need for "every nickel" of its $328 billion fiscal year 2002 defense budget.
A senior Pentagon official yesterday highlighted the administration's difficulties trying to persuade skeptical members of Congress and foreign countries that the way it views security issues is no longer framed in the Cold War-style mentality of arms control agreements.
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The Army's Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $50.8 million contract to provide systems technical support for the Abrams tank and Wolverine heavy assault bridge programs, the company announced today.
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Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems Sector today announced plans to lay off 500 workers from its navigation systems division.
Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels today said he hopes lawmakers will approve the fiscal year 2002 defense appropriations bill soon after returning from their August recess.
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