Will Obama’s ‘Leaner’ Military Plan be Felt on Brevard’s Bases?
The U.S. will have a “smaller and leaner” military force as outlined by President Barack Obama’s strategy announced Thursday to cut...
Wright-Patt May Take Hard Hit with Defense Cuts
Worse, if committee can’t agree by Nov. 23, even deeper defense cuts will be imposed. WASHINGTON — In recent years, Wright-Patterson Air...
Defense Cuts: What’s at Stake for Va. and Hampton Roads?
This Congress seems bent on cutting the federal budget, and even once-sacrosanct defense spending won’t be getting a pass. That worries...
Want to Avoid Another Depression? Try Understanding the First One.
“I have seen the future, and it works,” journalist Lincoln Steffens famously said of his 1919 visit to Bolshevik Russia. Guided by his...
Fairfax Drainage District Floodwall Needs Upgrades, But Money Tight
The Fairfax Drainage District in Kansas City, Kan., is home to more than 100 businesses, including factories that make fiberglass,...
Apache to Field Ground Fire-Detection System
Nashville, Tenn. – Apache attack helicopters will soon field a new, high-tech Ground Fire Acquisition System, which uses cameras and...
Boeing Bid Beats Europe for Tanker
The Pentagon awarded Boeing Co. a contract worth more than $30 billion for aerial refueling tankers, closing a chapter in a tortured...
Seaports Chafe at Loss of Earmarks
The budget-cutting fervor that killed earmark spending has sent a panic through the nation’s seaports, where billions of federal dollars...
House GOP Proposes Cuts to Scores of Sacred Cows
The House Appropriations Committee proposed on Wednesday to cut funding for scores of politically sacred programs, from NASA and Amtrak...
Reid May Seek Earmarks in 2012
It turns out Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may seek earmarks next year, after all. Speaking to reporters Thursday in the Capitol,...
