Some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Tony Bertuca is chief editor of Inside the Pentagon, the flagship publication of InsideDefense, where he focuses on defense budget and acquisition policy. He previously worked for the Sun-Times News Group in his hometown of Chicago, IL, and at the New Hampshire Union Leader in Manchester, NH. Tony has also served as managing editor of Inside the Army. He has a master's degree in journalism from Boston University.
Some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon.
The State Department has notified Congress of a possible $785 million foreign military sale to the United Arab Emirates for precision-guided munitions, sustainment and support to assist in the ongoing military operation to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, according to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency notice.
The international coalition to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is ready to accelerate and intensify its operations, according to a planned speech by Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
The Turkish defense minister has assured Defense Secretary Ash Carter that Turkey will participate Wednesday in a high-profile meeting among nations that are part of the coalition to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, according to a Pentagon statement.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is scheduled this week to host senior foreign leaders to discuss accelerating the ongoing military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Congress is out until September.
Senate Democrats blocked consideration of the fiscal year 2017 defense appropriations bill before the Senate adjourned for seven weeks, increasing the likelihood of a stop-gap continuing resolution in September.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has sent a 23-page "heartburn" letter to Capitol Hill threatening to support a presidential veto of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill.
Democrats concede there is a military "readiness crisis," but have intensified their opposition to GOP arguments that U.S. defense spending has been mismanaged by the Obama administration, according to an information paper circulated on Capitol Hill in advance of the conference committee meetings to negotiate the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill.
Focus on developing a new electromagnetic rail gun has shifted toward advancements in a Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System based on existing powder guns because of “revolutionary” capabilities that demonstrate the HGWS is "blurring the domain" between artillery and missile defense for a fraction of the cost, according to one of the Pentagon's top weapons developers.
Two powerful GOP lawmakers are demanding the White House submit an official plan to pay for hundreds of additional troops headed to Iraq, along with the thousands set to remain in Afghanistan, per President Obama's new strategy.
The week ahead features several key congressional hearings and public appearances by defense officials, including some of the Pentagon's top European security experts and the chief of the Strategic Capabilities Office.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is ordering 560 more troops to Iraq in preparation for retaking Mosul from the control of the Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant, according to a Pentagon statement.
The House has named the conferees to negotiate a final fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill with the Senate.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says his department could request additional overseas contingency operations money to pay for President Obama's new plan to keep 8,400 U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan, rather than the 5,500 that were initially budgeted for fiscal year 2017.
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote to consider the fiscal year 2017 defense appropriations bill late last night in a 50-44 vote that puts Congress on a path to pass a continuing resolution in September.
Continued provocation by North Korea has led the U.S. and South Korean governments to decide to deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery to the Korean Peninsula.
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) wants to meet with his Senate counterparts to discuss as many items as possible in their respective fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bills, while leaving the biggest impediment -- an $18 billion gap between the bills -- on hold until September.
The Congressional Budget Office is working to analyze why the Defense Department's operations and maintenance budget continues to grow, despite a concurrent decrease in the size of the U.S. military force structure.
The House Armed Services Committee's top Democrat has become a vocal opponent of the Pentagon's plans to modernize the nuclear triad, arguing that the United States needs to more smartly prioritize national security spending.