Defense Bill

Obama Proposal Passes Test

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.24.2012

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WASHINGTON — A Senate panel on Thursday rejected the Pentagon's proposed cuts in personnel and equipment for the Air National Guard as it comple...

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House Votes To Continue The War In Afghanistan

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the Amer...

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White House Issues Another Veto Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The White House warned Congress Tuesday that President Barack Obama may be forced to veto a bill authorizing defense spending that the H...

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House Panel Spares One Area From Fiscal Discipline

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta slammed a House panel on Thursday for adding billions of dollars to President Barack Obama's defense...

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A Peculiar and Pernicious Myth: Domestic Military Detentions

Kate Martin | Posted 03.13.2012

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There is an extraordinary claim being widely circulated: that the defense bill recently signed by the president authorizes the detention without charge of Americans and other terrorist suspects found in the United States. That is simply untrue.

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Obama Signs Defense Bill Despite 'Serious Reservations'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Indefinite military detention of Americans became the law of the land Saturday, as President Barack Obama signed a defense bill that cod...

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White House Abandons Veto Threat Of Indefinite Detention Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday abandoned its threat to veto a defense bill that sets in stone the commander in chief's authority to indefi...

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House, Senate Negotiators Agree On $662 Billion Defense Bill

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.11.2012

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WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators late Monday agreed to a sweeping $662 billion defense bill that requires military custody for terroris...

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Defense Bill Repeals Military Ban On Sodomy

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON — Recently passed Senate legislation would make sodomy and sex with animals legal under military law, ending long-standing prohibitio...

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America the Battlefield: The End of the Rule of Law

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.05.2012

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It's particularly telling that two such seemingly disparate groups of politicians -- liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans -- took less than a week to find consensus on upending the rule of law and radically extending the government's power.

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Defense Bill Clears Senate Hurdle Despite White House Veto Threat

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.30.2012

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats and Republicans are pushing for harsher sanctions against Iran's Central Bank as fears of Tehran developing a nucl...

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Groups Say Controversial Amendment Would Lead To Legalized Torture

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.22.2012

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WASHINGTON — Civil rights groups on Tuesday implored lawmakers to oppose Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte's effort to expand forms of interrogation ...

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Dem Chairman Faults White House, Fellow Dems For Detainee Policy

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 11.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday faulted the White House and fellow Democrats for mischaracterizing provisi...

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White House Threatens Veto

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — The White House is threatening to veto a massive defense bill over its requirement that terrorist suspects be held in military cust...

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New GOP Lawmakers Don't Walk The Walk On Spending Issue

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — Hard-charging Republicans who rallied voters last year with cries of "Stop the spending, ban the earmarks" are quietly offering a m...

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Defense Bill A Victory For Obama Over Military Lobby

New York Times | Christopher Drew | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the Obama administration proposed canceling a host of expensive weapons systems last spring, some of the military industry's allies in Congress a...

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President Obama Signs Defense Bill With Hate Crimes Provision

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly we...

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Senate Sides With Obama, Votes To Remove F-22 Money

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to halt production of the Air Force's missile-eluding F-22 Raptor fighter jets in a high-stakes showdown o...

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McCain: Hate Crime Amendment An "Abuse Of Power" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. McCain was on Fox News today where he called the new hate-crime amendment an "abuse of power." In a nice back-patting moment at the end of the s...

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Why Attaching the Hate Crimes Prevention Act to the Defense Bill Makes Sense

David Doody | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Hate Crime Prevention Act looks to do exactly what the Defense Bill should be set up to do: defend the nation and allow its people to live freely.

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Democrats To Press For Commission To Oversee War Contracts

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers say they will push ahead with a presidential commission designed to root out waste and fraud in military contracts despit...

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Army Freezes Bonus Payments

Army Times | Jim Tice | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Army has temporarily halted bonus payments for more than 20 enlistment, re-enlistment and service extension programs pending enactment of authoriz...

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House Passes $696B Defense Policy Bill

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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The House passed a defense policy bill on Wednesday that would authorize $696 billion in military programs, including $189 billion for the wars in Ira...

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