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VCNO: Carrier Lincoln extended, flattop Ford delayed, but Navy readiness woes getting fixed
The Navy has restored readiness to many parts of the fleet, the Navy's vice chief said.
By Navy Times staff
Congress avoids government shutdown with another short-term budget fix
The four-week budget deal would keep federal operations uninterrupted through Christmas, but again put off debate over a full-year fix.
Full FY18 defense budget at center of latest government shutdown threat
Republicans want a full year of defense spending but only four weeks of funding for other government programs. Democrats are opposed.
This week in Congress: Lawmakers' looming deadlines
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Nov. 27.
‘Going to break this force’: Air Force warns cuts, manning woes could hurt war zone fight
The Air Force has worried for years about its shortage of pilots, maintainers and other crucial airmen. But now, top Air Force leaders are sounding a red alert.
Defense hawks call for $700B defense top line as congressional budget negotiations start
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain and his House counterpart are demanding congressional budget negotiators support the $700 billion top line of their 2018 defense policy bill.
By Joe Gould
Space Corps is out in House version of defense policy bill
The U.S. House voted on Tuesday to approve a $700 billion defense authorization plan for fiscal 2018 that rejects a proposed military service focused on space.
Mattis asks Congress to back off new DoD reorganization proposals
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has asked lawmakers not to heap more organizational changes on the Pentagon until has time to implement past rounds.
By Joe Gould
GOP senator blasts ‘cowardly’ Democrats over scuttled sequestration repeal
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in a fiery Senate floor speech Monday blamed Democrats for an impasse in that quashed his measure to repeal sequestration.
By Joe Gould
Acting secretary: Army needs to send funding message, fix asset ‘mismatch’
One of the great challenges facing Army leaders is conveying the precarious situation the Army faces after years of budget sequestration, repeated continuing resolutions and 16 years of sustained combat deployments, the service’s acting secretary said this week.
By Todd South