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The Pentagon launched round two in the battle for an aerial refueling tanker contract Wednesday as it issued a revised draft request for bids and set an early October deadline for Boeing Co.

By Andrea Shalal-Esa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon reopened a $35 billion refueling aircraft competition between Boeing Co and Northrop Grumman Corp on Wednesday, with changes that Boeing supporters feared would favor the larger Northrop plane.

Congressional aides and others said some of the Pentagon's modifications, including measuring costs over 40 years instead of 25, appeared to favor Boeing's smaller 767-based tanker.

But other changes, like the Pentagon's decision to give "positive consideration" for greater fuel delivery, looked to give an edge to Northrop and its bigger tanker based on the Airbus A330, made by European subcontractor EADS.

WASHINGTON : The government will auction off a prized takeoff and landing slot at Newark Liberty airport next month, as the first step in an experiment to ease nationwide travel delays through changes in New ...

The Federal Highway Trust Fund, which provides one-third of the funding states use to build highways and bridges, faces bankruptcy next year unless the current Congress acts to shore it up, Sen.

A US Army Signal Corps soldier blogs about the Army, radios, Defense Transformation, politics, terrorism, organized crime, and anything else that comes to mind.

An Imperial Sugar Co. executive's lawyer says the company put U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss up to harassing his client at a subcommittee hearing.

That's what the Seattle Times feels about the indictment of Senator Ted Stevens .

The upgrades to Shaw Road may not be complete until 2010 but funding is close to being a done deal.

The 3,300 members of the 81st Brigade Combat Team preparing for a second Iraq deployment are not second-class soldiers.

Sun, Jul 27, 2008 After the rash of construction deaths this year, a group of senators is pressing Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to take action to improve worker safety.

Federal funds designated for specific local projects are an essential source of revenue for Des Moines and other cities and counties throughout Washington.

Federal funds designated for specific local projects are an essential source of revenue for Des Moines and other cities and counties throughout Washington.

Federal funds designated for specific local projects are an essential source of revenue for Des Moines and other cities and counties throughout Washington.

Federal funds designated for specific local projects are an essential source of revenue for Des Moines and other cities and counties throughout Washington.

Thursday, 24 July 2008, 2:14 pm Column: John Gideon Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org "It seems incomprehensible for me that VA does not want to assist veterans to register.

KENNEWICK, Wash.- Washington Senator Patty Murray says she's delivered an extra $222 million in cleanup funding over the President's latest proposal, including $500,000 for a museum at B Reactor.

President Bush, right, walks with Pete Olson, a Republican challenger in the 22nd district of Texas, left, after arriving at Ellington Field Friday, July 18, 2008 in Houston, Texas.

Hanford employees were reassured Tuesday that the Department of Energy plans to award the new Mission Support Contract by Sept.

ASTA issued the following statement in response to S. 3268, the Stop Excessive Speculation Act, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Every American is aware of the startling rise in fuel prices in the ...

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs did not send benefit packages to nearly 37,000 National Guard and Reserve members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan because it mistakenly thought they were ...