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Technology programs cut in House Appropriations Committee Defense bill

Base Defense Department spending in the coming fiscal year would be $8.9 billion less than the amount President Barack Obama requested in February if the House Appropriations Committee gets its way.

House appropriators doubt DoD efficiency savings

House lawmakers cast an skeptical eye over Defense Department claims of savings made through efficiency measures in a report accompanying the House Appropriations Committee's markup of the defense

HASC defense authorization bill on House floor

Defense spending would be authorized slightly more under a House Armed Services Committee-approved markup than the Obama administration had requested for next year's federal fiscal budget. The bill

DoD wants increased base funding amount in fiscal 2012

The Defense Department's $670.9 billion budget request for fiscal 2012 is less than the Pentagon has requested in the past, but the decrease is mostly due to a sharp decrease in funding for overseas