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The U.S. House Appropriations' defense panel released its proposed budget that includes money for a drone program the Pentagon axed in its funding request.
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks D-Wash., a long-serving and powerful member of the House, said he's retiring after his 18th term ends this year.
A leading U.S. Congressman has questioned why the U.S. Army will require seven years to build a ground combat vehicle.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the House Democratic Caucus approved ranking members on five committees.
The Office of Congressional Ethics has recommended dropping the investigation of three U.S. House Democrats, the lawmakers' aides report.
A House ethics panel Friday dropped its probe of Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., and two other members of the defense spending panel Murtha leads, aides said.
Boeing defenders in Washington voiced dismay at the revised Air Force request for bids on a jet refueling air tanker project.
A watchdog organization says members of the U.S. House of Representatives have added $3.07 billion in earmarks to the 2008 defense appropriations bill.
With top Democratic contenders out of the running, the U.S. House intelligence committee chairmanship could be filled by a panel outsider.
U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., a defense hawk who had supported President Bush's decision to go to war against Iraq, now reportedly feels it was a mistake.
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