Defense Cuts Would Cripple Va. Economy, Leaders Warn
CHESAPEAKE If Congress doesn’t stop $1 trillion in automatic budget reductions set to begin unrolling in January, Hampton Roads and...
Earmarks Still Have Friends in High Places
A provision for a uranium-enrichment plant in Ohio keeps cropping up all over Capitol Hill: $150 million in the Senate’s highway bill,...
Air Force Sets Standards for New Tanker Base
The Air Force released the criteria today for deciding which of its bases will get the first new air refueling tankers, and Fairchild...
The Downfall of a Statesman
Six-term Sen. Dick Lugar lost Indiana’s GOP primary Tuesday night. The former Foreign Relations chairman’s defeat was not unexpected — a...
Lugar’s Goodbye
An epic good-bye letter, passed along by NBC’s Libby Leist, from Sen. Richard Lugar, dissecting everything he sees that’s wrong with...
Rep. Wolf Tries to Stop Flock of Colleagues Going Through Lobbying Revolving Door
Former elected officials lobbying for foreign dictators may be big business in DC, but one Member of Congress is trying to slow down the...
Robert Bennett: It’s Time to Reinstate Earmarks
The biggest piece of legislation to come before the Congress this session is the transportation bill, dealing with infrastructure...
Travis Opens Fuel Site
5/4/2012 – TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Col. Dwight Sones, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, was joined by Army Col. Bill Keyes,...