The Congressional Budget Office said the U.S. Navy may need to scale down the inventory requirements under its fiscal year 2015 shipbuilding plan in light of recent budget cuts at the Defense Department. The service plans
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged lawmakers balance the national budget and noted his belief that sequestration has negatively impacted national security and military readiness, Military Times reported Thursday. Joe Gould writes
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The U.S. Army is reorganizing and consolidating training programs due to reduced funding, FCW reported Tuesday. Amber Corrin writes a plan to combine at least three virtual training programs into one platform
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The National Defense Industrial Association will analyze potential areas of focus for the government contracting sector for the Defense Department amid that agency’s shrinking budget, The Washington Post reported Friday. Marjorie Censer
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A former congressional staffer predicts that any agreement to raise the debt ceiling could include additional cuts to the Pentagon’s budget, Defense News reported Monday. John Bennett writes Mackenzie Eaglen, now an
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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has stressed that the Pentagon needs “flexibility and time†to manage its financial resources in line with the government’s targets for the next 10 years, Reuters reported
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A group of 11 House Republicans and 11 House Democrats have sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking for defense cuts to be part of a budget agreement ahead of the
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