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Homeland Security

Iranian Nuclear Sites Numerous And Hardened, Tough For Israel To Destroy In Air Strikes

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Monday, October 27th, 2008

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Israel would have a tough time destroying Iranian nuclear facilities, which are numerous, buried deep underground and shielded by barriers 60 feet thick, a Newsweek story said. Thus short of invading Iran, it is inevitable that Tehran will be able to develop nuclear weapons, leaving the United States with only one remaining option: to defy Russian opposition and build the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system to destroy any missiles that Iran launches. (Please see full stories in this issue.)…

Budget

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

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Congress

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

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Congress

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

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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 […]