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Pentagon seeks $5.4B funding shuffle for missile shortages, workforce cuts, and Air Force One delays

Pentagon seeks $5.4B funding shuffle for missile shortages, workforce cuts, and Air Force One delays

Defense One’s Audrey Decker covers DOD’s pressure on Congress to authorize a $5.4 billion reallocation of previously approved funds, aiming to accelerate high profile military programs and address acute resource gaps exposed by recent global crises. A quarter of the US’s stockpile of Terminal High Altitude
Jason Lee Bakke Aug 1, 2025
Costs to refurbish Trump’s “free” Air Force One buried in ICBM replacement program

Costs to refurbish Trump’s “free” Air Force One buried in ICBM replacement program

The renovation of a Boeing 747-8—gifted by Qatar to serve as Air Force One for President Trump—has triggered bipartisan scrutiny, chiefly due to classified costs and unusual funding routes. The plane, soon to undergo modification at a secure Texas facility, is at the heart of a Washington guessing
Jason Lee Bakke Jul 27, 2025
Horizon cutting-room links

Horizon cutting-room links

"Three-fourths of NSF funding cuts hit education," Hechinger Report Recent budget cuts to the National Science Foundation (NSF) disproportionately affect education funding, raising concerns about the future of educational programs and research initiatives nationwide. * Disproportionate impact: Three-fourths of the total funding cuts from the NSF have been directed
Jason Lee Bakke May 12, 2025

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