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Senators unsure about House plan to boost troop pay, housing stipends
House lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to increase junior enlisted pay and military housing stipends, but the idea could face opposition in the Senate
House lawmakers want to force the Pentagon to lower F-35 sustainment costs in order to buy more aircraft
House lawmakers on Wednesday debated whether to tie the number of F-35s the Defense Department can buy to the cost of sustainment.
By Valerie Insinna
DoD planned to spend billions on Afghan security forces. This group has a suggestion for those funds
About $3 billion in planned spending is now in limbo after the Taliban takeover of Kabul.
TRANSCOM boss vows to ramp up what is already one of the largest airlift operations in history
“My commitment is to ensure that airlift is never the constraint in this operation.”
More than 47,000 troops, vets will see federal student loan fees waived
Department of Education officials will automatically grant financial relief to individuals who previously had to apply for the benefit.
Proposed Naval Audit Service budget cuts are not justified by internal records, lawmakers say
Former acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker had insisted the draconian cuts were necessary to free up funds for shipbuilding.
US Senate votes down $50B defense infrastructure boost
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected a Republican proposal to add $50 billion in defense infrastructure spending to Democrats’ budget resolution.
By Joe Gould
Space Force should make its case for legal changes to help launch ranges: lawmakers
The Space Force may need legal changes to pursue its "Range of the Future."
Lawmakers protect C-130 fleet, push for new propellers in annual legislation
The Air Force wants to retire 13 older C-130Hs and bring in five new C-130Js.
This week in Congress: Senate’s final work before summer break
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Aug. 2, 2021.
Defense top line ‘will probably go up’: Key Dems see GOP boost as path to a deal
“The people who want to spend more than the Biden number have built a lot of support, and yes, I think that is a potential bipartisan pathway,” says House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith. “I don’t support it, I don’t think that’s where we should go, but at the end of the day, I have one vote.”
By Joe Gould