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COVID-19 Response: Pentagon Gets A Real $8.3B Slush Fund

            Mark Cancian, who used to help build and oversee execution of the defense budget at the Office of Management and Budget, peels apart the second big spending bill President Trump has proposed to help the government battle the COVD-19 virus.. From his perch at the Center for Strategic and International […]

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Thornberry Predicts CR Through ‘At Least December’

ARLINGTON: The “disheartened” chairman of the House Armed Services Committee predicted this morning that Congress will once again miss its October 1st deadline to pass a federal budget, leaving the government on a stopgap Continuing Resolution “until at least December.”  [UPDATE: Late Wednesday, President Trump blindsided GOP leaders by agreeing with Democrats on a CR through […]

After Sandy, Intelligence Agencies Scramble To Feed Maps, Data To Rescuers

WASHINGTON: As FEMA, firemen, police and the National Guard wade into the devastation visited upon us by Hurricane Sandy, many of them are using maps and other information made available to them by intelligence agencies. While intelligence analysts and their technical specialists usually spend their time targeting bad guys and helping troops plan to get […]