SEQUESTER HELL: DEFENSE DEPARTMENT EDITION

Washington DC – AEA President Thomas Pyle responded today to the announcement by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that the Pentagon will furlough 800,000 civilian employees for 11 days in order to pay for budget cuts under sequestration:   “This is another example of the Obama Administration using budget cuts to inflict maximum harm on the […]

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IER President Calls for Investigation into Navy Biofuel Contracts

  WASHINGTON D.C. — IER President Thomas Pyle sent a letter today to four congressional chairmen calling for an “immediate, exhaustive and unyielding” investigation of the Defense Department’s decision to fuel naval exercises in the Pacific ocean using biofuels that cost $27 per gallon. The letter was sent to Chairman Buck McKeon of the House […]

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