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Naval Submarine Base New London

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Groton sub base may lose $72 million for new pier to Trump’s border wall

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat January 23, 2020 @ 7:06 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:21 am

President Trump may tap money intended for a new pier at the Groton sub base and other military construction to fund his border wall.

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CT lawmakers join Democratic opposition to Trump wall national emergency

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat February 15, 2019 @ 3:31 pmJuly 11, 2022 @ 12:58 pm

WASHINGTON – The president’s plan is being called an “illegal power grab” by the state’s delegation in Washington.

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Jackson, White House doctor and Groton sub base grad, withdraws as VA nominee

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat April 26, 2018 @ 11:51 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:27 pm

WASHINGTON – Embattled Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, White House physician and a graduate of the Navy’s Underseas Medical Officer Program in Groton, on Thursday withdrew as President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Senate heads toward political fight over new base closing round

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat September 13, 2017 @ 4:55 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:22 pm

WASHINGTON — The Senate is readying for a showdown over whether the nation needs another round of base closings – a move that could once again put Naval Submarine Base New London on the defensive.

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CT lawmakers hail likely return of reviled earmarks

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat November 16, 2016 @ 7:00 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 1:34 pm

WASHINGTON – U.S. House Republicans were stopped from bringing back a practice that once funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Connecticut – but the once reviled earmark, or special project, looks like it’s going to make a comeback anyway.

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Pentagon chiefs ask Congress for another round of base closings

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat March 3, 2016 @ 4:51 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:47 pm

WASHINGTON – Citing a need to reduce waste and improve efficiency, Pentagon officials said Thursday they want to a round of military base closings like one that threatened Naval Submarine Base New London in 2005.

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Courtney wins on sub fund in huge defense bill

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat June 11, 2015 @ 4:23 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:39 pm

WASHINGTON – Rep. Joe Courtney beat back a challenge to a special fund that would pay for a new class of nuclear submarines as the House finished work on a massive defense spending bill with billions of dollars for Connecticut defense contractors.

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Defense bill has billions for new sub class, other CT-made weapons

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat December 5, 2014 @ 6:47 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:31 pm

WASHINGTON – The defense authorization bill making its way through Congress containins billions for submarines, helicopters and other weaponry made by companies in the state. It includes a special $3.5 billion fund for a new class of submarines that could be built by Electric Boat in Groton.

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Courtney’s first campaign ads stress work for Electric Boat, sub base

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat September 15, 2014 @ 11:59 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:26 pm

WASHINGTON – Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, began airing the first campaign ad in his race for re-election Monday, stressing his work to protect Navy contracts for a major employer in his district, Electric Boat.

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Courtney hoping nickname ‘Landslide Joe’ not a joke anymore

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat August 14, 2014 @ 5:30 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:27 pm

WASHINGTON – Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, came into office on the slimmest of victories, a surplus of just 83 votes that earned him the jocular nickname “Landslide Joe” among his colleagues. This time, as he seeks re-election for a fifth term in Congress, Courtney hopes the nickname is no joke.

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House approves military construction bill, but no money for Groton sub base

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat May 1, 2014 @ 5:45 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:22 pm

The U.S. House approved a $71 billion military construction and Veterans Affairs spending bill Wednesday that has money for Connecticut’s Air National Guard but would fund no new projects at Naval Submarine Base New London.

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CT defense contractors largely spared from Pentagon cuts

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat March 4, 2014 @ 6:29 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:16 pm

Washington – Sikorsky’s plans to build new helicopters for the Air Force were kept alive as President Obama’s unveiled his new budget Tuesday. Pratt & Whitney was nicked and Electric Boat remains unscathed.

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