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Homeland Security

CSIS Experts Says Priorities Can Be Gleaned From DHS Bottom-Up Review

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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker When the Department of Homeland Security released its Bottom-Up Review (BUR) in July, it was met with criticism from key department followers in Congress for lacking specifics on programmatic and organizational needs, but two homeland security experts say that "reading between the lines" shows what future budget priorities will likely be. For one, the BUR discusses the need to improve on its various programs that involve screening based on biographical and biometric information and assessing risk of…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]