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Blunt Has 'Concerns' About Hagel's Defense Nomination

Chris McDaniel — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:23:07 +0000

As a new appointee on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri will have a say in the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel to Secretary of Defense.

Blunt will join Democrat Claire McCaskill on the committee that will oversee Hagel's hearing.

Hagel has solicited the ire of many conservatives for his prior statements on Israel. While he served in Congress, Hagel stated that he was a United States Senator, not “an Israeli Senator.”

Blunt and his fellow Republicans are concerned he won't be a close enough ally to Israel.

Boeing Shakes Up Shrinking Defense Business

The Associated Press and Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:10:51 +0000

Updated at 5:20 p.m. with comments from Boeing.

Boeing’s defense arm will find another $1.6 billion in cuts by 2013.

The company announced the additional reductions today, though no details were provided. Defense , Space and Security, which is based in St. Louis, has already cut more than $2 billion since 2010, including a 30 percent reduction in management-level positions.

U.S inks fighter deal with Saudi Arabia that could mean more jobs in Hazelwood

The Associated Press and Rachel Lippmann — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:10:38 +0000

Updated at 11:45 a.m. with information from union spokesman Thomas Pinski.

Updated at 12 p.m. with statement from the White House.

Updated at 1:20 p.m. with comments from union president Gordon King and statement from Boeing.

The Obama administration has approved the sale of $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia - a move that could mean new jobs at Boeing's defense plant in Hazelwood.

McCaskill, at Boeing, reacts to supercommittee failure

Maria Altman — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:56:18 +0000

Senator Claire McCaskill says since the supercommittee failed to come to an agreement, Congress should follow through with the automatic budget cuts.

The $1.2 trillion in cuts would come from defense and non-defense spending, but would not affect Social Security or programs for low-income people such as Medicaid.

Already some Republican senators, including John McCain, have said Congress can reverse the cuts.

Mo. House bails out from fighter jet controversy

The Associated Press — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:18:14 +0000

Missouri House members are trying to eject from their earlier support for a jet built in Texas.

House members this month approved a resolution urging Congress to fund the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, which is built by Lockheed Martin Corp. in Texas. Some now fear the jet could compete for funding with the F/A-18, which is built by Boeing Corp. in St. Louis.

Boeing is among Missouri's biggest employers with about 15,000 workers in the state and 5,000 connected to the F/A-18.