Washington report

Article Abstract:

Republicans Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins issued statements in the US Congress stressing the need for two ship yards in the US, and arguing that Hurricane Katrina which devastated much of the Gulf Coast and ravaged Northrop Grumman's Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula underscored the need to maintain the nation's two major shipyards. Snowe and Collins argue that natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are one of the main reasons for maintaining two shipyards.

Product development, Defense Procurement, Military procurement, Navy-yards and naval stations, Naval shipyards, Snowe, Olympia J., Defence buying, Collins, Susan M.

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Washington report: President faces fight over clarity in war funding requests

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US President George W. Bush has projected tax cuts and Social Security reform as major concerns for his second term. However, Pentagon details are unable to provide exact war funding details as uncertainty looms over the number of troops to be deployed and their duration in the U.S.-led war on Iraq.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Taxes, Legal/Government Regulation, Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs), Social Security, Laws, regulations and rules, Bush, George W., Tax policy, President of the United States

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Washington report

Article Abstract:

A report on the tug-of-war situation for Congress over coast-guard jurisdiction as the competing House and Senate committees are firm on their sides is presented. Dollar 8.1 billion budget hike for the Coast Guard is termed insufficient by Lieberman.

United States, Financial management, Management dynamics, Defense Administration & Finance, Management, Finance, Company business management, Defense spending, United States. Coast Guard, Company financing, Defence spending

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