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Army promises detailed transformation plan to Congress within 10 days

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Army officials told lawmakers they will provide a detailed briefing on the service’s new transformation initiative within the next ten days, following mounting pressure from Congress to explain plans for the sweeping overhaul announced more than a month ago. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for another round of questioning about the Army’s fiscal 2026 budget request. But formal details about program cuts and investment shifts tied to the service’s transformation initiative remain scarce. “The Army must change and…

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The ticking sound you hear is the final days of the fiscal year

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Indecision mixed with turmoil and partisan politics. That’s the familiar brew on Capitol Hill this week. With precisely two weeks until the fiscal year ends, there’s no clear path to any budget deal at the moment. So it’s a busy week as we heard from Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Loren Duggan Here we are. Every September, we have to do this dance where we figure out if the government will stay funded going into the new fiscal year.…

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The Final Days

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August 1 August is the month when oppressive humidity causes the mass evacuation of official Washington. In 2021, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki piled her family into the car for a week at the beach. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Hamptons to visit his elderly father. Their boss left for the leafy sanctuary of Camp David. They knew that when they returned, their attention would shift to a date circled at the end of the month. On August 31, the United States would officially complete its…

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What is So Special About a US President’s First 100 Days? – Voice of America

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What is So Special About a US President’s First 100 Days?  Voice of America US President Biden in speech to Congress: ‘America is rising anew’  The World US President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in foreign policy  Al Jazeera English Remarks by President Biden in Address to a Joint Session of Congress  The White House Biden pushes ambitious agenda, calls for police reform in speech to Congress  CNBC View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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