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Pentagon contracts plunged 66 percent to $15.7 billion last month, the lowest level since January, driven by automatic U.S. spending cuts and a partial government shutdown.
National Security

White House supports NDAA passage

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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is working behind the scenes to ensure that defense contractors will do their part to keep Republicans who support military spending in office. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

Mitch McConnell pressing defense contractors to defend establishment Republicans

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The loading area for incinerators at Forward Operating Base Sharana was so narrow that they would have required manual labor to load and unload waste, and the incinerators were so poorly constructed that even when fixed, they would have run only at partial capacity. 
Energy and Environment

US tax dollars going up in smoke at Afghanistan base trash incinerators

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The biggest item on the Senate's agenda is a contentious budget compromise needed to avoid a second government shutdown in mid-January.
National Security

Week Ahead in Congress: Senate faces year-end deadline on budget, defense bill

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Dec. 4. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
National Security

House passes NDAA, action moves to Senate

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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan, at the Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Security

Budget deal offers stability to Pentagon spending

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during their meeting at Tehran's Saadabad Palace in Iran on Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Op-Eds

Hamid Karzai deal with Iran boosts Taliban’s prospects for return to power

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A modest proposal to abolish 11 federal departments
Education

A modest proposal to abolish 11 federal departments

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The Pentagon ended the program to support Italian-made G222 planes for the Afghan Air Force after it became clear they were being poorly managed, underused and racking up extra costs in spare parts.
National Security

$500m worth of U.S. military transport planes sit unused in Afghanistan; investigation launched

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Among the casualties of the deal is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s proposal to revamp the way the Pentagon handles sexual assault cases. (AP File)

Lawmakers reach deal on Pentagon policy bill, but must scramble to pass it

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