McKeon: FY-15 Authorization Bill Should Emphasize Intelligence, Readiness

By Jordana Mishory / April 10, 2014 at 5:17 PM
As House authorizers prepare to mark up their fiscal year 2015 defense bill, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) wants the focus to be on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, deterrence and readiness. McKeon told reporters on Thursday that funding for ISR and intelligence -- whether via unmanned systems or more human intelligence -- is critical. "If you don't know what someone else is doing, you don't even know what your risks are," he said when asked about his...

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