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The Defense Department is considering changing how much the agency subsidizes commissaries to save the agency money. But changing the subsidy level may mean fewer people use the commissaries and buy at regular stores instead. Craig Bond, economist is a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he explained what he found would happen if prices at the commissaries go up.
April 07, 2015 -
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Members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees can\'t decide if the defense budget should be above or below sequestration caps. So both the House and Senate\'s plans keep DoD\'s budget within the caps set by the 2011 Budget Control Act and increase funds for overseas contingency operations. Tom Collina is director of policy for the Ploughshares Fund and former research director of the non-partisan Arms Control Association. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he said the OCO budget plans are just a political compromise and don\'t address the real issues confronting defense spending reform.
April 07, 2015 -
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Having the Army Corps of Engineers take over the Denver hospital project is no doubt an embarrassment to VA. But it\'s a great opportunity to ask tough questions about whether VA should even be in the construction business at all, Federal News Radio\'s Francis Rose says in a new commentary.
April 07, 2015 -
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Last week marked the death of a great, if largely forgotten, American. Robert Hite was a co-pilot in the legendary Doolittle\'s bombing raid over Tokyo in the midst of World War II. Doolittle\'s Raiders shattered the idea that Japan was invulnerable and changed the psychology of the war. Hite\'s oral history has been preserved by the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Its director, Charles O\'Connell, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more of what the agency does.
April 06, 2015 -
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter has tapped the Air Force\'s Eric Fanning to be his chief of staff, creating some movement in Air Force leadership.
April 06, 2015 -
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Sen. John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,has sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James accusing the Air Force of engaging in a \"shell game that simply moved money to fund the same positions elsewhere in the service.\"
April 06, 2015 -
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Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have sent a unanimous, bipartisan letter to the Government Accountability Office asking for a new review of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the DoD office in charge of helping military members and civilians living abroad cast their ballots. The committee notes that GAO has issued several reports on FVAP since 2001, but says that \"continued management attention to FVAP still remains a priority.\"
April 06, 2015 -
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By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — HBO lovers have one more way to watch “Game of Thrones.” If you subscribe to Dish’s $20-a-month Internet TV service, Sling TV, you can order…
April 04, 2015 -
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By SAM McNEIL Associated Press FIFA, Jordan (AP) — At a sprawling Bronze Age cemetery in southern Jordan, archaeologists have developed a unique way of peering into the murky world of antiquities looting: With aerial…
April 04, 2015 -
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By ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cord-nevers, you’re in luck. No more need to beg, borrow or steal your parents’ cable password to keep up with each episode of “Mad Men”…
April 04, 2015 -
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An unorthodox stock split designed to ensure Google CEO Larry Page and fellow co-founder Sergey Brin retain control of the Internet’s most profitable company could…
April 04, 2015 -
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In its five short years of life, Pinterest has become ‘the’ place where brides-to-be create wish boards of wedding china photos and do-it-yourself home renovators…
April 04, 2015 -
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With recent government approval of potatoes that don’t bruise and apples that don’t brown, a new generation of genetically modified foods is headed to grocery…
April 04, 2015 -
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By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deeper blacks, brighter whites, even bigger screens and better sound. When the high-speed action sequel “Furious 7” debuts this weekend, audiences at Hollywood’s famous TCL…
April 04, 2015
