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    Budget cuts: VA saved, DoD in jeopardy

    September 17, 2012

    The American Legion

    A report issued Sept. 14 by the White House has made it clear that the entire Department of Veterans Affairs budget is protected from automatic cuts that will take effect Jan. 2 unless Congress finds another way to reduce federal spending.

    Yet the same report provided little [...]

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    AZ defense industry looks warily toward ‘fiscal cliff’

    September 17, 2012

    Sarah Pringle

    Tucson Sentinel

    MESA – It’s a typical day along Boeing Co.’s production line turning out Apache AH-64D helicopters, new and remanufactured.

    Kelley Miles hammers rivets above the cockpit of a stripped-down helicopter getting a refit. Ronald Young builds the pylons that hold missiles and rockets. Pat Chi puts [...]

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    Lower Middle Peninsula scores nearly $10 million in defense contracts

    September 17, 2012

    Gloucester Town Square

    Here is a list of companies in Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex and the town of West Point that secured defense contracts in 2011. The list is compiled by The Center for Security Policy, an entity that identifies itself as a non-profit, non-partisan national security organization.

    The [...]

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    Boeing braces for federal reduction in aerospace, defense spending

    September 17, 2012

    Sarah Pringle

    Cronkite News

    MESA – It’s a typical day along Boeing Co.’s production line turning out Apache AH-64D helicopters, new and remanufactured.

    Kelley Miles hammers rivets above the cockpit of a stripped-down helicopter getting a refit. Ronald Young builds the pylons that hold missiles and rockets. Pat Chi puts [...]

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    Federal budget cuts could have impact on Vermont defense contractors in coming decade

    September 17, 2012

    Nat Rudarakanchana

    Vermont Digger

    The VT Digger, a local news provider in Vermont funded by Ben and Jerry’s Ice cream, ran a comprehensive article on the Defense Breakdown Reports at http://vtdigger.org/2012/09/17/federal-budget-cuts-could-have-impact-on-vermont-defense-contractors-in-coming-decade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federal-budget-cuts-could-have-impact-on-vermont-defense-contractors-in-coming-decad.  Unfortunately, the article included three errors for which corrections are provided here:

    The Center for Security [...]

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    Sequestration Ax Looms Over Palos Verdes, Report Suggests

    September 17, 2012

    Ken Stone

    Palos Verdes Patch

    Members of Congress and business lobbyists have been sounding alarms aboutsequestration—looming Pentagon budget cuts that could exceed $500 billion over 10 years.

    They could begin in January if lawmakers don’t deal with the so-called “fiscal cliff,” including the fallout of the 2011 Budget Control Act.

    [...]
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    Defense spending could face large loss from federal cuts

    September 17, 2012

    Nate Delesline III

    The Daily Progress

    Charlottesville and Albemarle County could see a potential loss of $46.5 million in defense-related spending if federally mandated cuts, which are slated to start next year, come to fruition.

    The figures – compiled by the Center for Security Policy and the Coalition for the [...]

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    Report: Defense spending cuts could hit local economy

    September 17, 2012

    Nate Delesline III

    Work It, Cville

    Charlottesville and Albemarle County could see a potential loss of $46.5 million in defense-related spending if federally mandated cuts, which are slated to start next year, come to fruition.

    The figures, compiled by the Center for Security Policy and the Coalition for the Common [...]

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    Miller: Easy Decision, Long Overdue

    September 14, 2012

    Jeff Miller

    U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

    WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the Administration’s exemption of all VA accounts from sequestration in 2013:

    “For more than a year, the Administration has played politics with America’s veterans [...]

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    White House Response to the Sequestration Transparency Act

    September 14, 2012

    The White House has released its plan for sequestration in response to the Sequestration Transparency Act. The report can be read here.

     

     

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