Senators move to block Pentagon from laying off public shipyard workers
The legislation comes as the White House has slashed headcount at virtually every agency across the federal government.
The legislation comes as the White House has slashed headcount at virtually every agency across the federal government.
“We’ve got protection in our contracts from tariffs,” one defense industry executive told Breaking Defense. “There are fixed priced contracts that that would hurt on, but for the most part, we’re not super worried about it, to be honest.”
"I think it was just a bit of an over characterization by the Inspector General on that particular point," said Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, after the IG questioned the basis of the $21 billion program.
WASHINGTON: Under relentless grilling from Democratic senators, the four-star officer who heads both Cyber Command and the NSA said the US government is “not doing enough” to prevent Russia from meddling in the 2018 elections. Could the US keep the Russians from interfering again? asked Sen. Claire McCaskill. “Yes,” Adm. Michael Rogers said at once. […]
WASHINGTON [updated 4:30 pm]: At an Aerospace Industries Association event to roll out a new report estimating that sequestration would cost the country more than two million jobs in 2013 — one million from Defense cuts, as previously reported, plus another million from cuts to non-defense agencies — Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte and Democrat Sen. […]