Washington, June 24 (IANS) The Pentagon’s flagship F-35 fighter jet programme is facing growing pressure to improve readiness and sustainment as the fleet expands rapidly across the United States and allied nations, a senior defence official told lawmakers on Wednesday. Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee, Lieutenant General Gregory Masiello, Programme Executive Officer of the F-35 Joint Programme Office, described the aircraft as the “cornerstone” of US and allied ai…
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Washington, June 6 (IANS) The US Senate has passed the Secure America Act, a Republican-backed immigration enforcement measure, which would provide roughly $70 billion in additional funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), setting up a high-stakes battle in the House of Representatives. The legislation, among other things, proposes to fund ICE and CBP through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s second term and expand immigration e…