With ‘robust’ waiver, Kaine says ‘Buy America’ requirements won’t hamstring Navy shipbuilding

With ‘robust’ waiver, Kaine says ‘Buy America’ requirements won’t hamstring Navy shipbuilding
With ‘robust’ waiver, Kaine says ‘Buy America’ requirements won’t hamstring Navy shipbuilding

Designed to boost domestic production, “Buy America” provisions have sometimes generated heartburn for industry and Navy, and, according to an analyst, can damage US relationships abroad.

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Flake Amendments to NDAA Would Cut LCS Buy, Limit Trump Parade

Flake Amendments to NDAA Would Cut LCS Buy, Limit Trump Parade
Flake Amendments to NDAA Would Cut LCS Buy, Limit Trump Parade

Sen. Jeff Flake filed two significant amendments to the 2019 NDAA Tuesday afternoon, attempting to strip one Littoral Combat Ship from the budget previously approved by the Senate, and restrict how much the Pentagon can spend on any military parade ordered by President Donald Trump.

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Key SAC-D, SASC Senators Push More LCS

Key SAC-D, SASC Senators Push More LCS
Key SAC-D, SASC Senators Push More LCS

WASHINGTON: Eight senators sent a letter Friday to Defense Secretary James Mattis, urging him to request all three Littoral Combat Ships originally planned for the 2018 budget. While eight percent of the Senate may seem small, the bipartisan co-signers — four Republicans, four Democrats — include five members of the appropriating and authorizing and  committees for…

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