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March 28, 2023

Lawmakers Press Defense Officials on Budget Request

For the second week, senior Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs officials are testifying before various congressional panels about...

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March 21, 2023

NGAUS Warns Congress Against Defense Cuts

NGAUS is warning congressional leaders against cutting defense spending. Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the association president, signed a March...

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March 14, 2023

Pentagon’s Inability to Pass Audit Raises Concerns

The Defense Department lacks adequate guidance to oversee its business and financial systems, according to a recent Government Accountability Office...

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March 07, 2023

NGAUS President Testifies on Capitol Hill

Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, the NGAUS president, shared some of the association’s legislative priorities during a special joint hearing of the...

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February 14, 2023

Conflicting Messages Abound on 2024 Defense Spending

Congress found common ground last year and added $45 billion to President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2023 defense budget request. Some of the additional...

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January 24, 2023

Advocates Move Early on Final Fix to Concurrent Receipt

After falling short last year, lawmakers and veteran service organizations are mobilizing in support of legislation that would let more than 50,000...

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January 18, 2023

Lawmakers Hint at Defense Spending Cuts

The razor-thin margin Republicans have for controlling the House and concessions Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., offered to secure the speakership are...

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December 20, 2022

Lawmakers Finalize Defense Policy, Spending Bills

Congress added some urgently needed National Guard equipment to the text of the fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations bill released Monday. The $1.7...

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December 20, 2022

New Hampshire Lawmaker Next Senate Guard Caucus Co-Chair

National Guard leaders used the Guard's annual birthday celebration on Capitol Hill last Wednesday evening to honor the Senate National Guard Caucus's...

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