WASHINGTON: As jetlagged aerospace executives and defense reporters head home from a frankly discouraging Farnborough Air Show, Washington is gearing up for storm of stop-sequestration events this coming week. What it will actually accomplish is an open question.
Sequestration has hardly been a quiet topic this past week, with a pointed, partisan, and unproductive exchange between Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and House Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon. This coming week, however, the campaign to stop the sequester kicks into higher gear with an almost daily drumroll of events by different factions:
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
The Syrian Rebels: We Need Intel More Than Arms -- Time
Syria Military 'Moves Chemical Weapons To Homs' -- SKY News
Turkey Denies Fighter Shot Down by Syria -- RIA Novosti
Russian war-games included simulated attacks on American air defenses -- Examiner
Tajikistan Demands Russia Pay $250 Mln Base Rent -- RIA Novosti
Iran tripling its fleet of mini–submarines and producing more sea mines -- Examiner
Iran reports: War games showed missile accuracy -- FOX News/AP
History Corner: End of an Era in British Intelligence -- Capitalists@Work (Hat Tip: Theo Spark)
U.S. Indicts Iranian, Chinese for Nuclear Export Plot -- New York Times/Reuters
Iraqi interpreter for military gets a US visa -- Stars and Stripes/LA Times
U.K. Must Be More Cautious With Arms Export Licenses: Parliament -- Defense News
US commander warns Australia on defence spending cuts -- Sydney Morning Herald
King Air 350 Grows Into ISR Mission -- Defense Tech
‘Mechanical Problems’ Reported in Two F-22s -- New York Times
DoD Weapons Chief Signs Off on Big Army Radio Buy -- Defense News
Nuclear Deterrence Vital in Complex World, General Says -- US Department of Defense
Navy Names New Nuke, NAVAIR Chiefs -- Aol Defense
CNO Hints Towards the (New?) Future of Carrier Launched Naval Aviation -- Information Dissemination
Cutbacks in U.S. military failed to deliver promised savings -- Houston Chronicle
Budget Cuts Could Threaten Special Operations Innovation -- National Defense
Target areas announced for SEAL diversity -- Military Times
Former Captain of USS Cole Critical of US Reaction -- Voice of America
Vet convicted under Stolen Valor Act doesn't want his record cleared -- Stars and Stripes/Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
Daring moves keep Blue Angels pilots in close company -- PNJ
Face of Defense: Mine Detection Dogs Clear Afghan Roads -- US Department of Defense
Report: DoD does not know if PTSD programs work -- Military Times
Navy doctor let kids hold dead Marine’s brain -- Military Times
20 People You Didn't Know Were United States Marines -- Business Insider
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