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Fate of Guam buildup unclear following Trump's emergency declaration

Guam Pacific Daily News 18 Feb 2019

The military expects to award a contract in March 2019, with construction complete by January 2024 ... The military expects to award a contract this April, with construction complete by April 2021; ... The military expects to award a contract in May 2019, with construction completed by June 2020;....

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Saudi Arabia signs warship deal with French firm

Dawn 18 Feb 2019

Saudi Arabia set up SAMI in 2017 to develop manufacturing capabilities with the aim of producing half of the country’s required military equipment domestically by 2030 ... Neighbour UAE has heavily invested in developing its own manufacturing capabilities and has military and civilian contracts with several foreign companies....

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UAE signs defence deals worth Dh4.97b on the first day of Idex

Gulf News 17 Feb 2019

Raytheon from the US was awarded a contract worth Dh1.3 billion for purchasing patriot missiles for the UAE air force and UAE air defence force ... Among local companies, International Golden Group won a Dh300 million contract to supply military clothing accessories and related services for the UAE Armed Forces....

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Saudi Arabia signs warship construction deal with France's Naval Group

This is Money 17 Feb 2019

Saudi Arabia set up SAMI in 2017 to develop manufacturing capabilities with the aim of producing half of the country's required military equipment domestically by 2030 ... Neighbour UAE has heavily invested in developing its own manufacturing capabilities and has military and civilian contracts with several foreign companies....

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Explainer: Cybersecurity firm DarkMatter’s military smartphone

The National 17 Feb 2019

DarkMatter, a fast-growing cybersecurity firm in the UAE with high-profile government and other contracts, on Sunday launched to market its latest “hack-proof” smartphone, for use in military field and other extreme conditions....

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Kansas Profile | Dusty Turner, Moto Guzzi

The Mercury 17 Feb 2019

A motorcyclist rides into town — and then another, and another ... Dusty Turner is organizer and promoter of special events in Kansas and Oklahoma ... People were really nice.” ... Dusty joined the military. After the service, he worked in the restaurant business and then did painting and contracting work in Oklahoma and Texas before moving back to Muskogee ... ....

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Engineering job alert: Staff Selection Commission announces SSC Junior Engineer 2019 examination; check exam date, salary and other details

Yahoo Daily News 15 Feb 2019

Selected candidates will be recruited as Junior Engineers (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Quantity Surveying & Contracts) in various central government departments/ organisations ... JE (Quantity Surveying and Contracts) ... For JE (Quantity Surveying and Contracts) in Military Engineer Services, the age is 27 years as on August 01, 2019....

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CBP perpetuates the myth that migrant caravans are violent

Quartz 15 Feb 2019

That’s according to the details on a $400,000 contract awarded to a San Diego company that were posted to a government database today (Feb ... According to CBP contracting documents, construction duties were first assigned to US military troops from the San Diego area who have been supporting border operations since November....

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Forging ahead vs. floods

The Times & Democrat 15 Feb 2019

military bases and National Guard installations statewide, primarily those located along our 187 miles of coastline, and the impact to the adjacent communities that serve them ... And with some 62,520 federal military employees (with an annual payroll of $2.6 billion) and approximately $2.1 billion in DOD contracts currently handled by 752 S.C....

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President Trump’s National Emergency Sets Him Up for Another Fight. He’s Fine With That

Time Magazine 15 Feb 2019

He’ll also take $2.5 billion set aside for Defense Department drug interdiction programs, and another $3.6 billion in military construction funds that have not yet been allocated to a specific contract ... In Fiscal Year 2019, Congress set aside about $10 billion for military ......

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Trump Just Put His Own Emergency Declaration In Legal Jeopardy

The Daily Beast 15 Feb 2019

... “obligated,” meaning spending that hasn’t reached the contracting stage yet ... Unlike most defense spending, military construction appropriations may be obligated over an extended five-year period due to the slow process of preparation and bidding for large construction contracts....

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Trump targets money from projects that ‘didn’t sound too important’

The Mercury News 15 Feb 2019

when you have that kind of money going into the military, this is a very, very small amount that we’re asking for.” ... The law limits the administration to so-called unobligated funds – or money that Congress has appropriated for military construction projects but which has yet to be committed by contract....

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Trump officially declares national emergency to fund border wall. Here's what's next

The Bryan Eagle 15 Feb 2019

He plans to siphon billions of dollars from federal military construction and counterdrug efforts for the wall ... A draft proclamation reviewed by CNN last month cited Title 10 of the US Code, which paves the way for Trump to dip into a stash of Pentagon funds that are earmarked but have no signed contracts for spending that money....