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ASMC The Business of Defense
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Working alongside Secretary Tom Vilsack, Merrigan oversees the day-to-day operation of USDA\'s many programs and spearheads the $149 billion USDA budget process.
September 16, 2011 -
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The Department of Defense has been asked to delay Don\'t Ask Don\'t Tell. California Congressman Buck McKeon and South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson wrote Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asking him to delay because certain regulations regarding benefits to same sex couples have not been revised. The Pentagon is planning to repeal the ban on September 20th and it doesn\'t look like the Congressmen will get their wish. Pentagon officials indicate all is in order and a delay is not neccessary.
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Terrorist groups maybe merging their efforts in Africa. Top generals at the Pentagon say they fear terrorists are looking for ways to train together and work together in other ways to attack the U.S. General Carter Ham, the commander of the U.S. Africa Command said al-Qaida in the Islamic Magreb, Somalia-based al-Shabaab and Boko Haram - pose a \"significant threat\". U.S. counterterrorism officials have already turned up evidence of cooperation between Al Qaida, drug traffickers and weapons dealers in West Africa.
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Budget reductions continue for the Pentagon. The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, approved a 2012 budget of $513 billion, but cut $1.6 billion from the Pentagon\'s previous $12.8 billion request for the Afghan training mission. It also cut another $5 billion for other Afghan war line items. Pentagon spokesman George Little said no decisions about future spending on Afghan training have been made, but he said that the expectation is that spending could be reduced.
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The Taliban claimed responsibility for the truck bombing that killed four Afghan civilians and wounded 77 U.S. troops on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Pentagon says they had help from the powerful Haqqani network. Pentagon spokesman George Little said it was deplorable and called on the attacks to stop. The network rose to prominence during the 1980s Afghan-Soviet war with the help of the CIA.
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Libyan officials with the assistance of US government and private weapons disposal experts are searching for mobile anti-aircraft systems in that country after news reports of looting of large arms caches in Tripoli. The Associated Press and other news media reported Thursday that crates of Russian-built anti-aircraft missiles and other munitions were systematically looted. Emptied crates found in several Tripoli caches by reporters and officials of Human Rights Watch appeared to have contained scores of Russian-built Man-Portable Air Defense Systems, or MANPADS.
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The Pentagon has raised its alert levels at U.S. military bases, until after the 10th anniversary commemorations of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Sunday. But the decision had nothing to do with any specific information about a credible terrorism threat. \"This is not in response to any particular threat but is a prudent and precautionary measure,\" said Pentagon spokesman George Little. The Pentagon said the move takes effect on Wednesday and will continue through Sunday.
September 16, 2011
