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Little action to stop defense cuts, despite warnings
Defense officials and their allies in Congress have done their best to create a sense of crisis about impending budget cuts, but their warnings have failed to produce any visible result. Instead, partisan divisions have hardened over how to avoid the...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Georgetown, Barack Obama
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Defense contractors, federal employees join to oppose cuts
A Defense Department funding bill has made bedfellows of two groups more likely to be found in opposite corners: federal labor and federal contractors. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Professional Services Council (PSC)...Tags: General Contracting, U.S. Department of Defense, Public Employees, U.S. Senate, John McCain
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Van Hollen is a staunch friend of Israel
I was disturbed by a recent letter to the editor questioning Rep. Chris Van Hollen's support for Israel ("Van Hollen is not a true friend to Israel," Nov. 28). I am a Jewish constituent of the congressman who has followed his career for many years. Mr....Tags: Elections, Judaism, Hamas, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Israel
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Rep. Roscoe Bartlett's career in Congress comes to a close
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett began his unsuccessful campaign for another term with an unusual meeting: a one-on-one chat over dinner with his Democratic rival. Bartlett and his challenger, John Delaney, met alone for two hours in a Frederick restaurant...
Tags: Steny Hoyer, U.S. House of Representatives, Primaries, Roscoe G Bartlett, Fiscal Cliff
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Md. defense contractors press Congress for details of cuts
Northrop Grumman Corp. says it is already having difficulty attracting bright, tech-savvy workers. The CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. told Congress this month that his company could have to lay off thousands of employees. They and other Maryland defense...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Government Debt, U.S. Army, Barack Obama, Robert J. Stevens
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Lawmakers look to boost small contractors
Like any construction firm hoping to break into government contracting, Linwood Scott's company needed to obtain a surety bond — a type of insurance — in order to win its first job. But getting the bond, which is required for contracts...
Tags: Sales, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Companies and Corporations, Smithsonian Institution
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Ruppersberger's mystery move
Either you or Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger aren't telling the whole story about his decision leave the House Armed Services Committee, because the explanation given doesn't make any sense ("Ruppersberger steps down from Armed Services panel," June 27).... -
Ruppersberger steps down from military committee
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the Baltimore County Democrat who represents two of Maryland's largest military installations, is stepping down from the House Armed Services Committee effective immediately, his office confirmed Tuesday. Ruppersberger, who...Tags: Fort Meade (military base), Ron Barber, Baltimore County, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Maryland Air National Guard losing planes, mission
For months, the men and women of the 135th Airlift Group have been training on their new C27J Spartan turboprops for their deployment this spring to Afghanistan.
Their job: carrying soldiers, equipment and supplies around the war zone as the fighting...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Iraq, Tampa, Afghanistan, Roscoe G Bartlett
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Former Mid sues Naval Academy over rapes
A former midshipman who says she was raped twice while at the Naval Academy has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force officials to improve their response to sexual assaults at the service academies. In a complaint filed Friday, the woman, now 22, says...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Sex Crimes, Sexual Misconduct, Students, Teaching and Learning
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The GOP's spendthrift ways
There's a tendency among some to shorthand the ongoing federal budget debate as between Republicans who want to reduce government spending and Democrats who don't. This isn't really the case, as recent actions in the House have demonstrated. On...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Government Health Care, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Hotels agree to wounded soldiers program
Three national hotel corporations have agreed to participate in a program that will allow Americans to donate their hotel points to wounded soldiers and their families, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin said Friday. Bethesda-based...Tags: Family, Benjamin L. Cardin, Baltimore County, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Armed Conflicts
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