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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…

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Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

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Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

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U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

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White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]