Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.)—a staunch buy American advocate—has agreed to advance to conference legislation meant to reform the approval process for selling US companies with a role in national security to foreign owners. In a statement, Hunter acknowledged that the National Security Foreign Investment and Strengthened Transparency Act (HR 5337) has addressed the “majority” of his House Armed Services Committee’s “major concerns.” He noted that House Majority Whip Roy Blunt “has assured us that we’ll work out our remaining concerns.” Controversy sparked over the Administration’s approval process last fall when it approved sale of some US port operations to Dubai Ports World and later when another facet of Dubai put in a bid for a British firm’s US-based plant that manufactures turbine engine blades for US military aircraft.
Article 32 Hearing for Former AFRL Boss Delayed
Jan. 26, 2021
The Air Force has pushed back the Article 32 preliminary hearing until Feb. 8 for Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, the former head of the Air Force Research Laboratory who faces a sexual assault charge. The Department announced in November an investigation found evidence of “misconduct” by Cooley, with the…