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GAO: Border Patrol Behind In Developing Performance Goals To Define Border Security

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 11th, 2013

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The Border Patrol has developed interim measures to assess progress in securing the nation’s land borders between ports of entry but has not established more comprehensive performance metrics, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a report released this week. Apprehensions of illegal immigrants along the southwest border between the ports of entry, which is the Border Patrol’s interim performance goal and measure for border security, have decreased between FY ’06 and FY ’11 notes the report, Border Patrol: Key…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]