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    Panetta Tells Senators Sequestration Would Devastate DOD

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Tuesday, 15 November 2011 01:00
    U.S. Department of Defense - November 15, 2011, By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2011 – If the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction cannot reach an agreement, the results would be devastating for the Defense De...
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    Navy to Buy 70 Baldwin County Parcels for Runway Extensions

    News Clippings
    Created: Tuesday, 15 November 2011 01:00
    al.com - November 15, 2011, By Guy Busby, Press-Register FOLEY, Alabama -- Navy officials have begun efforts to buy property needed to expand two Baldwin County airfields to accommodate new training aircraft. ...
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    Panetta Details Impact of Deeper Cuts in Military

    News Clippings
    Created: Monday, 14 November 2011 01:00
    Associated Press - November 14, 2011, By DONNA CASSATA WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress on Monday that deeper defense cuts would leave the military with the smallest ground force since 1940, lead to possible months-long ...
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    Base Realignment, Closure 2005 garners major savings

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Tuesday, 08 November 2011 01:00
    Defense Logistics Agency - November 8, 2011, By Sara Moore The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure legislation required the Defense Logistics Agency to change some of its business practices and take on new missions, but it also saved a lot of money and set...
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    State Forms Task Force To Protect Military Bases, Jobs

    News Clippings
    Created: Tuesday, 08 November 2011 01:00
    The Florida Senate - November 8, 2011, Senator Don Gaetz, District 4 Six Northwest Floridians named to panel established by Senator Gaetz Six Northwest Floridians will join six other military and civic leaders from elsewhere in the state to form the Flo...
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    Defense Contractors Are Going To Go For The Civilian Market

    News Clippings
    Created: Tuesday, 08 November 2011 01:00
    Forbes - November 8, 2011, By Loren Thompson, Contributor The U.S. defense industry is facing greater uncertainty in its core military markets than at any time since the Cold War ended, and maybe since the industry’s birth in the 1950s. As a result, ev...
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    Weighing Pentagon Cuts, Panetta Faces Deep Pressures

    News Clippings
    Created: Sunday, 06 November 2011 01:00
    The New York Times - November 6, 2011, By THOM SHANKER and ELISABETH BUMILLER WASHINGTON — Under orders to cut the Pentagon budget by more than $450 billion over the next decade, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is considering reductions in spending c...
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    With Uncertainty at Anniston Army Depot, a New State Board Will Try to Stir Support

    News Clippings
    Created: Friday, 04 November 2011 01:00
    The Anniston Star - November 4, 2011, By Cameron Steele These are unpredictable times for the Anniston Army Depot. As proof, local and state officials point to the diminishing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, looming defense cuts and the probability of a fu...
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    President Designates Fort Monroe as National Monument

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Friday, 04 November 2011 01:00
    U.S. Army - November 4, 2011, By Gary Sheftick WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 4, 2011) -- President Barack Obama Tuesday signed a proclamation designating historic Fort Monroe, Va., as a national monument under the National Park Service. ...
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    Defense Industry - and its Jobs - Vulnerable

    News Clippings
    Created: Friday, 04 November 2011 01:00
    philly.com - November 4, 2011, By Harold Brubaker, Inquirer Staff Writer The defense industry is in the budget-cutting crosshairs. Congress has already approved defense cuts of $450 billion up to $465 billion over the next decade. An additional $500 bil...
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    Hill presses for details on possible Pentagon cuts

    News Clippings
    Created: Friday, 04 November 2011 01:00
    CNN - November 4, 2011, By CNN Pentagon Producer Larry Shaughnessy Calls for details about what budget cuts the Defense Department is considering are coming from both houses of Congress and both parties. And they are getting more urgent. ...
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    Perdue: After BRAC Moves, N.C. Still Needs to Nurture its $23B Military Economy

    News Clippings
    Created: Thursday, 03 November 2011 01:00
    fayobserver.com - November 3, 2011, By Henry Cuningham, Military editor North Carolina must "adopt itself to the fiscal environment" to attract military dollars, Gov. Bev Perdue said today at Fort Bragg. ...
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    Air Force Announces Civilian Workforce Restructuring

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Wednesday, 02 November 2011 01:00
    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs - November 2, 2011, By Lt. Col. Cynthia Anderson WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce Nov 2. ...
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    Pentagon to Fund Millions in BRAC-Related Transportation Projects

    News Clippings
    Created: Tuesday, 01 November 2011 01:00
    The Washington Post - November 1, 2011, By Ashley Halsey III The Pentagon agreed Tuesday to provide almost $270 million for improvements around Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County and the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, yielding ...
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    S.A. Receives $25 Million to Improve Access to Medical Military Facilities

    News Clippings
    Created: Tuesday, 01 November 2011 01:00
    But S.A. loses out on federal funding to improve Harry Wurzbach corridor mysanantonio.com - November 1, 2011, By Vianna Davila San Antonio was awarded $25 million in federal money for transportation improvements related to Joint Base San Antonio, but it...
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    President Obama Creates New National Monument at Fort Monroe

    News Clippings
    Created: Tuesday, 01 November 2011 01:00
    National Trust for Historic Preservation - November 1, 2011, By Rob Nieweg Today President Obama created a new National Monument within the National Park system: Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. ...
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    Panetta Sees Half of Defense Cuts from Weapons

    News Clippings
    Created: Tuesday, 01 November 2011 01:00
    Reuters - November 1, 2011 * Additional cuts would be "devastating" -Panetta * Senators express concern about Lockheed fighter program Nov 1 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expects about half of the $450 billion-plus in defense cuts slat...
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    Air Force Vice Chief Testifies on Readiness

    Department of Defense & Federal Agency Documents
    Created: Monday, 31 October 2011 01:00
    Air Force Public Affairs Agency - October 31, 2011, By Senior Master Sgt. David Byron 10/31/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Air Force vice chief of staff provided the Air Force perspective on readiness in an age of austerity to the House Armed Services C...
  • Article

    The Dangerous Debate Over Cutting Military Spending

    News Clippings
    Created: Sunday, 30 October 2011 01:00
    The Washington Post - October 30, 2011, By Robert J. Samuelson We shouldn’t gut defense. A central question of our budget debates is how much we allow growing spending on social programs to crowd out the military and, in effect, force the United States...
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    In Downsizing Defense, Politics Trumps Strategy

    News Clippings
    Created: Saturday, 29 October 2011 01:00
    CQ Weekly - October 29, 2011, By Megan Scully, CQ Staff Pentagon officials are huddling behind closed doors to trim roughly $450 billion from the Defense Department’s budget over the next decade, and if history is any guide, the most frequent questions...




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