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    Arizona's Defense Industry Bracing for Big Cutbacks

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    Created: Thursday, 21 June 2012 00:00
    KTAR Arizona - June 21, 2012, By Jim Cross PHOENIX -- Up to $500 billion in automatic defense cuts could take effect in January if congressional leaders can't reach a deficit reduction deal, according to Reuters. ...
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    Former Navy Base in Transformation to Renewable Energy Hub

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    Created: Thursday, 21 June 2012 00:00
    Bangor Daily News - June 21, 2012, By Christopher Cousins BRUNSWICK, Maine — The former Brunswick Naval Air Station could become a center for the research and development of green energy solutions that benefit tenants at the former base with lower elec...
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    Dempsey Maps Sequestration Cuts At Defense

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    Created: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:00
    GovExec.com - June 19, 2012, By Andrew Lapin Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey said Tuesday that automatic cuts to the Defense Department’s budget resulting from the sequestration deal struck by the Obama administration and Congress ...
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    Lockheed CEO: Budget Impasse Will Cause Long-Term Damage to Defense Industry

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    Created: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:00
    National Defense Magazine - June 19, 2012, By Sandra Erwin The federal budget stalemate that began nine months ago and might not be resolved until after the November election is likely to cause lasting damage to the defense industry, said Robert J. Steve...
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    Dead in Congress, BRAC Very Much Alive in Connecticut

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    Created: Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:00
    The Connecticut Mirror - June 14, 2012, By Ana Radelat Washington -- While Connecticut's congressional delegation says another round of base closings is dead on arrival, supporters of the Navy's submarine base in the Groton area already on the defensive....
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    U.S. Sequestration Won’t Happen, Levin Predicts

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    Created: Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:00
    DefenseNews - June 14, 2012, By Rick Maze The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman predicted June 14 that Congress will find a way to avoid automatic budget cuts in January that could hurt national security, but he added that any ultimate budget...
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    Layoff Threats Put Congress on Notice

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    Created: Wednesday, 13 June 2012 00:00
    POLITICO - June 13, 2012, By Austin Wright Facing economic uncertainty, defense contractors are plotting to spur Congress to nix the automatic budget cuts set to begin next year. ...
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    The Pentagon's Biggest Threat In Years? Budget Cuts

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    Created: Wednesday, 13 June 2012 00:00
    NPR - June 13, 2012, By LARRY ABRAMSON All Things Considered (NPR), 8:00 PM Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testified about the defense budget on Capitol Hill Wednesday. ...
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    Sen. Levin: Defense Dept. Could Cut Budget Now to Avoid Severe Reductions Next Year

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    Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 00:00
    The Washington Post - June 12, 2012, By Walter Pincus The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday that the Defense Department could head off far deeper budget reductions by preemptively agreeing to cut $10 billion a year for the next...
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    Maryland to Spend $9M on Aberdeen Intersection Projects

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    Created: Monday, 11 June 2012 00:00
    Baltimore Business Journal - June 11, 2012, By Ryan Sharrow The state plans to invest nearly $9 million in intersection improvement projects at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Harford County. ...
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    Governor Signs FY 2012 Caboose Budget

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    Created: Monday, 11 June 2012 00:00
    Hopewell News & Patriot - June 11, 2012 RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell signed, without any vetoes, the final caboose budget for FY 2012 on Friday, May 25. He received both the FY 2012 caboose budget and the final biennial budget for FY 2013-2014 as ...
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    Wind Turbines Causing Concerns at Naval Air Station Fort Worth

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    Created: Monday, 11 June 2012 00:00
    Kentucky.com - June 11, 2012, By Chris Vaughn, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Capt. Robert Bennett is worried about a problem he doesn't have. ...
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    Colorado's Aerospace Industry Foresees Slowdown Prior to Defense Cuts

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    Created: Sunday, 10 June 2012 00:00
    The Denver Post - June 10, 2012, By Ann Schrader The specter of $500 billion in automatic defense cuts beginning next year hangs heavily over the country's aerospace industry — and particularly so in Colorado, which ranks second nationally in aerospace...
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    Air Force Transfers Last Piece of Former Lowry AFB Back to Community

    News Clippings
    Created: Friday, 08 June 2012 00:00
    U.S. Air Force - June 8, 2012, By Senior Airman Christopher Gross, 460th Space Wing Public Affairs BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- The final 70 acres of the former Buckley Annex was given back to the Denver community during a final transfer cerem...
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    Protective Zone Made Around Pax River

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    Created: Friday, 08 June 2012 00:00
    Southern Maryland Newspapers - June 8, 2012, By JASON BABCOCK Wind turbines within 46-mile radius require extra review so they don’t block radar Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) wants more wind turbines in Maryland. Somerset County on the Eastern Shore want...
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    Training Plans in Flux for New Mexico Air Base

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    Created: Thursday, 07 June 2012 00:00
    The Daily Times - June 7, 2012, By Chuck Slothower FARMINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has put on hold a proposal to fly low-altitude training missions over Northwest New Mexico and Southwest Colorado. ...
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    Prospect of Big Military Cuts Could Set Layoffs in Motion Soon, Firms Warn

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    Created: Monday, 04 June 2012 00:00
    Arizona Daily Star - June 4, 2012, By Marjorie Censer, The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Defense contractors are speaking up increasingly loudly against the possibility of mandatory federal budget reductions starting in January, warning that the cuts woul...
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    Defense Cuts Could Mean Trouble at Home for Lawmakers

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    Created: Sunday, 03 June 2012 00:00
    Politico - June 3, 2012, By Seung Min Kim Congress has already been warned that the automatic spending cuts early next year — especially from the Pentagon — could help trigger another recession. ...
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    Plan Protects 155 Acres of Forest Land in Bullitt

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    Created: Friday, 01 June 2012 00:00
    Associated Press - June 1, 2012 BEREA, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Natural Lands Trust and Fort Knox have joined to protect 155 acres of forest land in Bullitt County. ...
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    Defense Official Says Automatic Cuts Will Cause 'Absurdities'

    News Clippings
    Created: Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:00
    CNN.com - May 31, 2012, By Mike Mount The Pentagon's chief budget officer is ringing the alarm bell about looming budget cuts that could destroy the department's new defense strategy and force the defense industry to face "absurdities" as defense program...




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