Michael Herson
Surprise retirement shakes up defense spending in Congress
Defense News | By: Joe Gould | 5 November 2019 House Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Rep. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., and Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. listen to testimony during a hearing on U.S. Air Force budget request for FY 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WASHINGTON ― Defense budgeting will see…
Read MoreSpeaker Ryan’s retirement will have major impact on House defense debates
By: Leo Shane III and Joe Gould | Defense News | April 11, 2018 WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan’s surprise retirement announcement Wednesday ensures a dramatic overhaul in congressional leadership next year, which could have wide-ranging effects on defense debates in an already politically fractured legislature. Ryan, R-Wisc., said in a press conference Wednesday he will step down from his leadership…
Read MoreChecks and Balance: The Appetite for Pork May Not Satisfy the Hunger for Change
By Kate Ackley | CQ Magazine | February 5, 2018 Lawmakers almost certainly won’t resurrect earmarks before the November elections, but they’ve moved their debate from the secretive confines of something resembling a Dead Earmarks Society meeting to the public view of congressional hearings. And with good reason: Those pots of federal money handed out…
Read MoreRepublicans may get the defense spending they dreamed of under President Trump
By Karoun Demirjian | The Washington Post | November 14, 2016 Defense hawks are quietly celebrating the election of Donald Trump — now, they might just get more than they ever dreamed possible. That’s because Washington Republicans and the president elect have more in common on defense spending and priorities than it might seem given Trump’s hardline foreign…
Read MoreHerson on Trump Team, Republican Congressional Leadership
BY VAGO MURADIAN | Defense & Aerospace Report | November 10, 2016 Michael Herson, the president of American Defense International and one of Washington’s top defense lobbyists, discusses who will populate the Trump administration and Republican congressional leadership with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Read MoreCritics claimed Saudi 9/11 bill would have serious consequences. Were they right?
by Karoun Demirgian | Washington Post | October 14, 2016 The Obama administration last month warned Congress there could be serious national security consequences for overriding the president’s veto to enact a law giving families of 9/11 victims a chance to sue Saudi Arabia for allegedly supporting the terrorists who carried out the attacks. The…
Read MoreAmerican Defense International’s Michael Herson on Hill Priorities, Defense Shifts
By Joe Gould | Defense News | September 11, 2016 American Defense International, a Washington, D.C., lobbying and consulting firm, counts among its clients General Atomics, SpaceX, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, L-3 Communications and Raytheon. Its president, Michael Herson, who served in White House and Pentagon staff jobs and as national security adviser to several…
Read MoreEric Cantor returns as a political force
By David M. Drucker
Washington Examiner
February 26, 2015
Freshman Sen. Cotton Comes Out Swinging
John Bennett
Defense News
Jan. 30, 2015
Universities chase big defense dollars
Austin Wright
PoliticoPro
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