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Shelby announces that Senate Committee has advanced defense markup

Tuesday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) conducted a committee markup of the FY2020 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. “The Subcommittee meets this morning to consider the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020,” said Senator Shelby. “The bill recommends $622.4 billion in base Defense funding, $70.7 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations, and $1.7 … Continued
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September 11, 2019

Byrne supports Huntsville for Space Command HQ

Wednesday, Congressman Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, announced his full support for making Huntsville the permanent headquarters of the revived Space Command at the Pentagon. Byrne sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper expressing his strong support for the U.S. Space Command to be permanently headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. “The space legacy and unmatched workforce … Continued
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September 9, 2019

Alabama to produce prototypes for new U.S. Army Hypersonic Weapons

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, praised the U.S. Army’s decision to award two contracts for work in Alabama related to the production of hypersonic weapon systems. One of the contracts is for Dynetics Technical Solutions in the amount of $351.6 million to produce Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) prototypes in Huntsville, Alabama. The second contract is … Continued
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September 3, 2019

Shelby holds hearing to review defense innovation, research funding

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, conducted a classified subcommittee hearing Thursday to review the Fiscal Year 2020 budget request for defense innovation and research funding. Michael Griffin, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and former NASA Administrator and eminent scholar at the University of Alabama in Huntsville was one of the witnesses. Steven … Continued
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June 6, 2019

Governor taps new Alabama Veterans Affairs commissioner

Gov. Kay Ivey has selected retired Rear Adm. W. Kent Davis as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs. The State Board of Veterans Affairs settled on Davis as their candidate Jan. 4, but Ivey had to officially offer him the position. Davis, an active duty veteran of both the U.S. Army and U.S. … Continued
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January 25, 2019

Army asks for $182 billion during Shelby subcommittee hearing

Tuesday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, conducted a subcommittee hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Army. Dr. Mark T. Esper, Secretar of the Army, and General Mike A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army, testified before the Subcommittee. Shelby questioned Esper and General Milley on … Continued
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May 16, 2018

Tommy Amason qualifies for Congressional race

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tommy Amason, a Command Sergeant Major in the Army Reserves and two-tour Iraq War veteran, qualified as a Republican for the Congressional House seat in District 2 last week. Amason served in the U.S. Army for nearly 30 years and is now running for Congress to take that dedication … Continued
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February 12, 2018

US Rep. Bradley Byrne says that Democrats are holding military hostage over immigration

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Alabama, delivered a speech Thursday from the floor of the House of Representatives urging Congressional Democrats to stop holding military funding hostage to advance their immigration agenda. The federal government could go into a partial shutdown unless both Houses pass a continuing resolution to raise … Continued
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January 19, 2018