Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 14, 2014

Federal Spending Bill Calls For $572B For Pentagon -- Air Force Times

The 2014 defense appropriations bill would give DoD $92.9 billion in total procurement funds

WASHINGTON — Congressional appropriators on Monday evening unveiled a massive federal spending bill that includes a full 2014 Pentagon appropriations measure that would provide nearly $93 billion to buy new weapons.

The Defense Department would get $63 billion for research and development (R&D) projects, an area senior officials have warned isn’t funded enough. That is almost $7 billion less than the department got in 2013.

The White House had asked for $99.3 billion for Pentagon procurement, and $67.5 billion for R&D.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Highlights of the $1.1 billion bipartisan spending bill -- AP

$571B US Defense bill reverses pension cuts for disabled veterans -- The Hill

Bipartisan spending bill exempts cuts to disabled veterans' pensions -- AP

Israeli defense minister to John Kerry: ‘Leave us alone’ -- Washington Times

China To Accelerate Weapons Development & Export In 2014 -- Defense World

China's Littoral Ambitions Go Air-Cushioned -- Defense News

Izumo could serve as Japan's command center in Diaoyutai conflict -- Want China Times

Russian Missile Corvettes Ready to Enter Service in Caspian -- RIA Novosti

More Than 25,000 Russian Officers Serving Without Duties -- RIA Novosti

French Military Operations in Africa Unpopular at Home -- Voice of America

Twitter suspends account of Hamas' military wing -- Haaretz

British PM Cameron orders inquiry into claims of British role in 1984 Amritsar attack -- The Guardian

Demand for Royal Navy ships undiminished despite series of brutal cuts -- Portsmouth News

Japan looks to join India, US in naval exercise -- Stars and Stripes

Stalemate in US-Germany talks over 'no spy' agreement -- RT

Final rotation of Marines deploys to Afghanistan -- Military Times

Dozen F-22 Raptor jets deploying to Okinawa -- Stars and Stripes

Littoral Ship Production: Full Speed Ahead -- Defense News

First KC-46A Baseline Test Aircraft Due This Month -- DoD Buzz

Boeing tests new tricks to secure military telecom -- UPI

DARPA Programs Create New Future for Space, Director Says -- US Department of defense

Launch of 3 Military Rockets Tonight Visible Along US East Coast -- Space.com

Arctic Passage Opens Challenges for U.S. Military -- Wall Street Journal

US Surface Warfare Boss: Experience Guides Future Development -- Defense News

Trouble Brewing Between US Army's Active Duty and Guard Forces -- Defense News

Army Modernization Is Melting Down -- Loren Thompson, Forbes

Military Attracts Youths Who Are Delinquent, But Not Too Delinquent -- Popular Science

Man arrested for allegedly trying to send sensitive F-35 data to Iran -- The Hill

Out-of-work colonel grateful for outpouring -- Stars and Stripes/Philadelphia Inquirer

Obama downplays Robert Gates's memoir -- The Hill

Gates Says Obama's Critics Have 'Hijacked' His Memoir -- Defense News/AFP

WW1 soldier diaries placed online by National Archives -- BBC

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