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Top Aberdeen Proving Ground general receives national honor
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, senior commander at Aberdeen Proving Ground, received the "Military Leader of the Year" award from the Association of Defense Communities during a ceremony in Washington Thursday. Ferrell, commanding general of the U.S....
Tags: Science, Defense, Technology, Aberdeen Proving Ground, James Inhofe
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Look who's against clean water
Water has a tendency to flow downhill. This has been known for quite some time — to the point one might have assumed word had penetrated the hallowed halls of the U.S. House of Representatives by now.
Alas, it appears not. Last Wednesday, the House...Tags: Environmental Politics, Elections, Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Environmental Pollution
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Base closing round hits another roadblock
The Obama administration's push to close additional military bases continues to face tough sledding in Congress. This week, a Senate Armed Services panel rejected a proposed Base Realignment and Closure commission for 2015, better known as BRAC. A...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Congress, Armed Forces, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Oceana
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June 8 Letters: Fort Monroe beach, Virginia GOP, Smithfield sale
Policing the beach Upon trying to visit Dog Beach on Fort Monroe Sunday June 2, my vehicle and I were stopped at the entrance by a city employee in a police-like uniform who turned me back, announcing that the beach was closed because (she said)...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Smithfield Foods, Republican Party, Elections, Board of Directors
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Congress may intervene with Fort Monroe land transfer
HAMPTON — Language included in a draft version of the National Defense Authorization bill may force the Army to transfer 70.4 acres to the Commonwealth of Virginia free of charge. That land — the marina and a half moon-shaped parcel just...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Defense, National Defense Authorization Act, Washington, DC, National Security
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Wittman-led panel taking stand against BRAC
Rep. Rob Wittman was against another round of military base closures before the Obama administration formally requested one. Now the House panel he chairs is poised to endorse that view. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has released its...Tags: Defense, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Langley Air Force Base, Fort Monroe
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Warner submits bill to bring more accountability to Chesapeake Bay restoration
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner introduced a measure Tuesday that would require more accountability in tracking restoration efforts of the Chesapeake Bay. The legislation would require the federal Office of Management and Budget to prepare a yearly...
Tags: Renovation, Mark R. Warner
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Rep. Rob Wittman to present York County Historical Society awards on Memorial Day
YORK - Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, will present awards to York County student winners of the “York County Remembers Poster and Essay Contest” sponsored by the York County Historical Committee at the annual Memorial Day ceremony on...
Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), Culture, Holidays, Memorial Day, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Senate to vote on Internet sales tax bill
Daily PressThe Senate is set to vote on an Internet sales tax bill within the first week of May. Also known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, the bill gives states the authority to require online sellers to collect sales tax at the point of purchase. There is an...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, eBay Inc., Hampton Roads
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Shipbuilding, Interior Policy, Government Debt, Washington, DC
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House passes bill shielding shipbuilding from deep cuts
A bill that shelters a string of shipbuilding programs from budget cuts breezed through the House Wednesday as a Republican majority was joined by more than 50 Democrats. The $982 billion bill would keep the government going through the end of the year,...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Shipbuilding, U.S. Congress, Naval Station Norfolk, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Rep. Rob Wittman votes against `fiscal cliff' measure
Here's a statement from Rep. Rob Wittman, Virginia's 1st District Republican representative in Congress, following Tuesday night's passage by the House of the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The measure passed 257-167 after being overwhelmingly approved...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Fiscal Cliff
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