The following is the Sept. 21, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Iran Sanctions. Read More
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Document: Report to Congress on Navy Shipbuilding and Force Structure
The following is the Sept. 21, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following Sept. 16, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Spending Under a Continuing Resolution
The following is the Sept 16, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, FY2017 Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution (CR): In Brief. Read More
Coast Guard Ready for Possible Offshore Patrol Cutter Protest
Coast Guard commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft speaking with reporters on Sept. 21, 2016. US Navy Photo
NEWPORT, R.I. — The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard said the service is prepared for a possible protest of last week’s offshore patrol cutter award, he told USNI News on Wednesday. Read More
Trio of Experts Warn House Panel of Expansion of Radical Islamic Terrorism
Image from a propaganda video released on March 17, 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) via AFP.
Three experts on Islamic terror told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday even 15 years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks “our enemies are in for the long haul” in the Middle East and around the globe as their radical ideology continues to metastasize. Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Wins Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter Award; Bests BIW, Bollinger
An artist’s conception of Eastern Shipbuilding’s Offshore Patrol Cutter design.
The Coast Guard has selected Eastern Shipbuilding to build its new Offshore Patrol Cutters and awarded the Florida shipbuilder a $110.3 million contract for the first hull and options for eight more, the service announced late Thursday. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
The following is the Sept. 1, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Economic Espionage
The following is the Aug. 19, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Stealing Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: An Overview of the Economic Espionage Act. Read More
Experts: Latest Defense Authorization Bill Built Under Likely Veto Threat
A second full moon for the month of July is seen next to the dome of the U.S. Capitol on Friday, July 31, 2015 in Washington. In recent years, people have been using the name Blue Moon for the second of two full moons in a single calendar month. An older definition of Blue Moon is that it’s the third of four full moons in a single season. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A key difference between the work on the defense authorization bill in the House and Senate this year and the past is the current bill was created in anticipation of a veto, two national security budget analysts said on Tuesday. Read More
