Roxana Tiron Washington Post January 24, 2012 Defense contractors Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp and Raytheon Co. spent a combined $33.4 million on lobbying in Washington last year, a 10 percent increase from 2010, as Congress and the Obama administration weighed cuts in the Pentagon budget. A review of lobbying disclosures filed with the […]
Read MoreDefense Week Ahead: Lobbyists Reveal Spending to Thwart Cuts 0
David Lerman Bloomberg Government January 17, 2012 (Bloomberg) — After a year consumed by talk of deep budget cuts, defense companies and their lobbying firms will disclose this week how much they spent trying to protect vulnerable weapons programs. The fourth-quarter disclosure reports, due on Jan. 20, will tote up how much contractors spent lobbying […]
Read MoreEmbraer Runs Into U.S. Defense Wall 0
By Nathan Hodge The Wall Street Journal January 10, 2012 Brazilian-based aircraft manufacturer Embraer SA won an important victory in late December, when the U.S. Air Force picked one of its planes to equip Afghanistan’s military. But Embraer’s foothold in the U.S. defense market is now in question: rival Hawker Beechcraft Corp. is fighting in court to […]
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Posted on: 01-11-2012
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Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Obama’s Defense Strategy May Benefit Northrop, Huntington 0
By Roxana Tiron and Tony Capaccio Bloomberg Businessweek January 9, 2012 Builders of naval vessels led by Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. and makers of surveillance aircraft such as Northrop Grumman Corp. may benefit once President Barack Obama’s new military strategy is translated into dollars. The strategy presented by Obama and military leaders at the Pentagon […]
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Posted on: 01-10-2012
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Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Hawks in Congress Rally With Defense Industry to Fight Cuts 0
By Roxana Tiron BusinessWeek November 22, 2011 Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) — Republicans on the U.S. House and Senate defense committees say they’ll work to block $500 billion in defense budget cuts threatened by the failure of the deficit supercommittee to reach agreement yesterday. The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he will introduce […]
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Posted on: 11-28-2011
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Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Congressional bust is a boon for K Street 0
By Kevin Bogardus The Hill November 22, 2011 The end of the supercommittee is just the beginning for Washington’s lobbyists. The debt panel’s inability to reach an agreement on the deficit won’t trigger reductions in defense and healthcare spending until 2013, giving those powerful sectors and their lobbyists at least a year to wriggle away from […]
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Posted on: 11-28-2011
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Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Cuts would hit key Mass. industries 0
By Matt Viser The Boston Globe November 22, 2011 WASHINGTON – The more than $1 trillion in federal budget cuts that could come in January 2013 would slash Massachusetts’ research funding, Medicare payments to hospitals, and contracts for defense companies – all vital sectors of the state’s economy. The state stands to lose more than $680 […]
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Posted on: 11-28-2011
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Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Defense lobbyists say cuts mean jobs 0
By Theo Emery Boston Globe OCTOBER 11, 2011 WASHINGTON – Defense lobbyists are packing a potent weapon in the battle to protect their industry: a warning that more cuts to the Pentagon budget will cost jobs, which could hit Massachusetts particularly hard. Often, military contractors focus their pitch for federal dollars on the need to […]
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Posted on: 10-11-2011
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Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Many in Both Parties Want a Window Into the Deficit Reduction Panel’s Work 0
By Robert Pear New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/us/politics/deficit-reduction-panel-is-criticized-for-its-secrecy.html OCTOBER 10, 2011 WASHINGTON — On one crucial point, a powerful Congressional committee seeking ways to reduce the federal budget deficit has managed to produce a rare bipartisan consensus: Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives in and out of Congress say the panel is doing too much of its work […]
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Posted on: 10-11-2011
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Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
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By The Hill Staff The Hill: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/185843-top-lobbyists-hired-guns OCTOBER 5, 2011 The Hill’s list of the stars of Washington’s “downtown” firms. Josh Ackil and Matt Tanielian, Franklin Square Group. With clients including Apple, Google and Intel, the two Democrats are among the elite lobbyists for Silicon Valley in Washington. Nick Allard, Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., Micah Green, Jonathan […]
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Posted on: 10-6-2011
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Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson