UPDATE 6/7: Post updated with vote results. The House of Representatives today is scheduled to complete floor action on the FY 2013 Energy and Water bill (H.R. 5325). Below is a list of amendments related to the National Nuclear Security Administratio…
A Review of the House Version of the Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Authorization Bill: Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense
by Kingston Reif On May 16 the House approved the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310) by a vote of 299-120. The bill provides $554 billion for national defense (function 050). This is an increase of approximately $4 billion above the President’s request and $8 billion above the Budget Control Act’s FY 2013 […]
Senator Alexander opposes moving CMRR/UPF to MILCON
At the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) mark-up of H.R. 4310 on May 9, Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Michale Turner (R-OH) offered an amendment authorizing the Pentagon (by way of the Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee…
Exceeding Nuclear Excess
AOL Defense published an op-ed by Gen. Gard and yours truly on the House version of the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310), which passed the House last Friday by a vote of 299-120. Here’s our intro: There is broad bipartisan agreeme…
HASC Bill Shows GOP Stuck in Cold War; Reduce SSBN-X, Nukes
By Robert Gard Originally published in AOL Defense on May 21, 2012. Article summary below; read the full text online. There is broad bipartisan agreement that few national security issues are as critical as how to deal with America’s crippling debt. This means we should spend scarce dollars on the weapons we need for current threats and not on […]
