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      <title>How the Pentagon Budget Cycle Actually Works, Year by Year</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[PPBE runs on a two-year clock: program requests, the president's budget, authorization, appropriation — and continuing resolutions that freeze the money. Here is the cycle, document by document.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:52:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Continuing Resolutions Delay and Inflate the Cost of Pentagon Programs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[GAO's latest review of nearly five decades of stopgap funding finds the same pattern every time: schedule delays, cost growth, and administrative drag across programs from the Amphibious Combat Vehicle to the F-35.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:39:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Special Access Programs: How Congress Watches Secrets It Cannot Name</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DPA Title III: The Cold War Tool Washington Uses to Rebuild Production</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DPA Title III explained: how purchase commitments, loans and cost-shared factory investments expanded rare earths, pandemic supplies and solid rocket moto.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BRAC Rounds Closed Hundreds of Bases, Then the Process Froze Solid</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BRAC explained: five rounds from 1988 to 2005, the $35 billion cost overrun per GAO, the 20 percent excess-capacity test and why no round has run since 20.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FMS or Direct Commercial Sale: Which Path Moves Allied Arms Deals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[FMS vs direct commercial sales: how government-to-government cases and DDTC-licensed deals differ on speed, pricing, oversight and lifecycle support for a.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GAO Bid Protests Explained: Deadlines, Odds and What a Sustain Changes</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How FMF Turns US Budget Lines Into Allied Buying Power</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[FMF explained: how US grants and loans fund allied defense purchases through DSCA, State allocations, Letters of Offer and Acceptance, and end-use monitor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ITAR vs EAR: Which Rules Apply to Your Defense Product</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ITAR vs EAR explained: USML defense articles under State, CCL dual-use items under Commerce, licensing paths and penalty exposure for defense suppliers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>NDAA vs Appropriations: What Each Bill Actually Controls</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NDAA vs appropriations explained: the authorization bill sets defense programs and policy, the appropriations act funds them. What each bill actually cont.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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