Procurement crunch won't be averted by ending tax cuts
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The US President George W. Bush and Republicans congressional leaders want to make tax cuts permanent or at least extend them to help avoid the fiscal deficit faced by defense procurement programs. Analysts believe that there are ways in which the fiscal crunch can be resolved, but the solution will not be simple, easy or obvious.
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Year: 2006
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Congress returns to face planes, ships
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Congress will start a month-long legislative session in mid-January 2006 to take decisions on the acquisition of a number of weapons platforms. Some of the defense issues in front of Pentagon policy makers and Congress members include shipbuilding, aircraft programs and Army.
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