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    Panetta Ends Probation of Marines’ F-35 Warplane

    News Clippings
    Created: Friday, 20 January 2012 01:00
    The New York Times - January 20, 2012, By THOM SHANKER NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta visited a flight testing center along the shores of Chesapeake Bay on Friday to give a lift to the beleaguered F-35 Joint S...
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    Remarks by Secretary of Defense Panetta at the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Texas

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012 01:00
    U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) - January 12, 2012 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thanks, Silver (sp), for that great, warm introduction. I really ap...
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    DOD Releases Defense Strategic Guidance

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Thursday, 05 January 2012 01:00
    U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) - January 5, 2012 President Barack H. Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey released an uncl...
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    Boeing Shuttering Wichita Plant

    News Clippings
    Created: Wednesday, 04 January 2012 01:00
    DoD Buzz - January 4, 2012, By John Reed In what may be a harbinger of the immediate future for the aerospace industry, Boeing just announced that it’s closing its Wichita, Kan., facility, home to its B-52 and KC-767 military programs, next year. ...
  • Article

    Redeployments, BRAC Lead to Crowded Posts

    News Clippings
    Created: Sunday, 18 December 2011 01:00
    Army Times - December 18, 2011, By Michelle Tan and John Ryan - Staff writers As the withdrawal from Iraq comes to a close and surge troops deployed to Afghanistan begin coming home, installations across the Army are bracing for the return of thousands o...
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    Military Growth Task Force to Shut Down in 2013

    News Clippings
    Created: Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:00
    JDNews.com - December 17, 2011, By HOPE HODGE, DAILY NEWS STAFF This month, the Military Growth Task Force in Swansboro announced it would be shuttering in early 2013, though organization leaders say the timing only happens to coincide with Marine Corps ...
  • Article

    Military Presence Remains in North Suffolk

    News Clippings
    Created: Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:00
    Suffolk News-Herald - December 17, 2011, By Emily Collins When the disestablishment of U.S. Joint Forces Command was announced in the summer of 2010, it seemed like it could be the end of the military’s presence in North Suffolk. ...
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    Secretary LaHood Announces Funding for 46 Innovative Transportation Projects Through Third Round of Popular TIGER Program

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Thursday, 15 December 2011 01:00
    Job-Creating Grants Announced Months Ahead of Schedule as Part of the Obama Administration’s “We Can’t Wait” Initiative U.S. Department of Transportation - December 15, 2011, Contact: Justin Nisly, Tel.: 202-366-4570 U.S. Transportation Secretar...
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    Army Official Visiting Redstone Arsenal to See How It's Handling Growth and Resources

    News Clippings
    Created: Wednesday, 14 December 2011 01:00
    al.com - December 14, 2011, By Kenneth Kesner, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment is visiting Redstone Arsenal for the next couple of days to see how the more than 38,...
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    In Fort Bragg, Military Families Brace for Economic 'Perfect Storm'

    News Clippings
    Created: Wednesday, 14 December 2011 01:00
    National Journal - December 14, 2011, By Julia Edwards Ten years of war has made Fort Bragg, N.C., and the neighboring city of Fayetteville a magnet for federal support and sympathy. But as the war in Iraq comes to an end this month, base and city offici...
  • Article

    The Uncertain Future of the Military-Industrial Complex

    News Clippings
    Created: Wednesday, 14 December 2011 01:00
    The Atlantic - December 14, 2011, By August Cole The 1990s might not have been a decade of peace, but they were for big, U.S. defense firms. After decades of working for a Defense Department oriented toward the defeat of the Soviet Union, they struggled ...
  • Article

    Congress Looks to Freeze Funding for Pacific Realignment

    News Clippings
    Created: Tuesday, 13 December 2011 01:00
    Stars and Stripes - December 13, 2011, By Travis J. Tritten CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Congress is poised to freeze funding for a multi-billion-dollar realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan and Guam under a defense budget bill hammered out Monday. ...
  • Article

    Ultimate Impact of Army Cuts on Civilian Workers Not Yet Clear

    News Clippings
    Created: Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:00
    Association of Defense Communities - December 11, 2011 Information from several posts about the impact of the Army’s plan to trim 8,700 civilian positions by October 2012 indicates that the move will result in the elimination of 200 or fewer positions ...
  • Article

    Army Moves Forward with Civilian Reductions

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Thursday, 08 December 2011 01:00
    U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) - December 8, 2011 The Department of Army announced today it is moving forward with plans to reduce the size of its civilian employee workforce. ...
  • Article

    Hampton Wants State Help to Buy Land Around Langley AFB

    News Clippings
    Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2011 01:00
    dailypress.com - December 7, 2011, By David Macaulay HAMPTON – The City of Hampton is likely to seek $6 million in state assistance to buy land around Langley Air Force Base to protect the base from another round of possible defense closures. ...
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    Obama Administration Urges Flat 2013-2017 Defense Spending Plan

    News Clippings
    Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2011 01:00
    Bloomberg Businessweek - December 7, 2011, By Tony Capaccio Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The White House and Pentagon are near agreement on a draft five-year defense budget that flattens expenditures though 2017, with the lowest war spending since 2004, accordi...
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    Automatic Cuts Could Drive Smaller Defense-Industry Firms Out of Business

    News Clippings
    Created: Monday, 05 December 2011 01:00
    TheHill.com - December 5, 2011, By Jeremy Herb The prospect of $600 billion in automatic defense cuts could drive an increasing number of smaller defense firms out of the industry — or out of business altogether. ...
  • Article

    Experts: DoD Could Slash 150K Jobs

    News Clippings
    Created: Sunday, 04 December 2011 01:00
    Federal Times - December 4, 2011, By SEAN REILLY A reduction in force. More base closings and consolidations. Big cuts to defense intelligence agencies. ...
  • Article

    How the Pending Defense Cuts Could Play Out

    News Clippings
    Created: Saturday, 03 December 2011 01:00
    Army Times - December 3, 2011, By Lance M. Bacon Congress’ failure to make a deficit deal could cut the number of soldiers by up to 25 percent, leaving the smallest Army since just before World War II. ...
  • Article

    N.Y. Adjutant General Speaks at First New York Defense Working Group Meeting

    News Clippings
    Created: Friday, 02 December 2011 01:00
    Congressman Tim Bishop - December 2, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Representatives Timothy Bishop (D-NY) and Richard Hanna (R-NY) convened the inaugural meeting of the New York Defense Working Group, welcoming guest speaker Major General P...




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