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Friday, March 08, 2013  After more than 60 years, a military fighter training group is back in action.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  The proposal that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republican leaders sent to the White House this week calls for cuts of $300 billion in discretionary spending to achieve savings of $2.2 trillion over 10 years.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Polar bears, farmers and fiscal cliff on returning Congress' to-do list

Thursday, August 09, 2012  South Carolina Republicans say impending across-the-board federal spending cuts will devastate the state's military bases and the South Carolina economy.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Independent panel says as much as $60 billion lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan

Thursday, August 11, 2011  Congress' supercommittee faces warring pressures to follow party ideology, find big debt cuts

Thursday, August 04, 2011  Politics of 2012, clashes over policy pose huge obstacles as Congress seeks more deficit cuts

Wednesday, May 25, 2011  White House threatens veto over parts of House defense bill that limit president's authority

Thursday, May 12, 2011  House panel OKs defense bill, votes to delay law allowing gays to serve openly

Thursday, February 10, 2011  Congress' failure to pass 2011 budget will trigger cuts in major defense systems, job losses

Monday, August 16, 2010  A U.S. House review suggests nearly $1 trillion could be trimmed from defense spending during the next decade. The study says almost $10 billion could saved by stopping production of the Navy's new F-35 jets.