As Chambliss keeps fighting: Watchdogs press to kill embattled C-130J

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A coalition of Washington watchdog groups is urging Congress to kill the embattled C-130J transport aircraft. The U.S. President George W. Bush's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006 also calls for canceling the C-130J program. Senator Saxby Chambliss is fighting to save the aircraft program and has threatened to block the nomination of Kenneth Krieg as undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics unless Pentagon reverses course and keeps C-130J production on track.

Demonstrations and protests, C-130J (Aircraft), Chambliss, Saxby

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House appropriators prepare emergency supplemental

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House appropriators are preparing an emergency supplemental spending measure that includes $17.7 billion for military procurement activities. The bill would include $17.7 billion for various procurement programs and the supplemental would add and earmark $850 million over the administration's request to ensure that Army tracked vehicles are upgraded and available to National Guard units deploying to combat operations.

Legislative Bodies, International politics, Appropriations, Military policy, Defense programs, Defence programs, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations

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Boeing exec sees tougher times ahead for defense spending

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Jim Albaugh, president and chief executive of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems reports that a number of budget and political pressures would conspire to restrain US defense procurement and development spending beyond what observers believe. Soaring budget deficits are creating political pressures even though defense spending is at an al-time high.

Budget deficits, Albaugh, Jim

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