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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 By Lee Anne Hensley Hilltop Times staff Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close relinquished command of the Ogden Air Logistics Center to Maj.

The House was about to vote on a massive energy bill that would set limits on carbon emissions and add what GOP critics say would be a major consumer tax.

In his rebuttal to Gale Dick about Western public lands myths , Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, charges Dick with several "fallacies" before hurling himself into two of them: selective history and contextual deviance.

Gale Dick's June 21 column in The Tribune on myths is, well, full of them. Dick's portrayal of Western public land policy is premised on three fallacies: 1) a selective telling of history, 2) an absence of context, and 3) a lack of confidence in Utahns.

Congress and the White House are heading toward a showdown over the future of the F-22 jet fighter, as the Senate plans to consider adding seven more of the planes while the Obama administration warns that a veto is likely over the issue.

There has been significant discussion in The Tribune recently regarding the energy policy positions of some of our congressional delegates, especially Rep.

Hill Air Force Base is facing more than 700 job cuts as part of a restructuring plan announced by the Air Force.

Utah's newest congressman, Jason Chaffetz, test drove an armored vehicle in Iraq, played pingpong with airmen in Afghanistan, toured the prison at Guantanamo Bay and met with the chancellor of Germany.

Yesterday on Fox Business, anchor David Asman hosted a round table dedicated to smearing the Waxman-Markey clean energy economy legislation.

Hill Air Force Base scored a few major victories June 17 as the House Armed Services Committee approved the 2010 Defense Authorization Bill.

Preparing for a possible showdown with Congress, the White House on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation authorizing a $680 billion military budget if it contains money for more F-22 jet fighters than the Pentagon says it wants.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, wants to have letter carriers conduct the population count for the U.S. Census next year.

Sen. Bob Bennett, left, along with with Rep. Rob Bishop and Sen. Orrin Hatch ? all Utah Republicans ? speak at a news conference on Wednesday announcing a new Senate Western Caucus.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz harps, often, about wasteful government spending. The federal government budget is bloated and needs to cut back, he charges.

A key House Democrat on Tuesday criticized so-called fiscal conservatives for approving millions of dollars for an outdated weapon system, while complaining about ballooning deficits.

In a vote that really should surprise no one who is regular observer of Congress and the defense appropriation process, the House Armed Services Committee passed a measure yesterday that would increase funding for the F-22 aircraft by taking money away from an environmental restoration program .

WEST DESERT a ' The 12,560 square miles of sagebrush-covered, sun-bleached mountain ranges, endless salt flats and remote roads is described by many officials as one of the nationa TMs crown jewels because of what it means to the military.

Here in Washington, there's a small group of out-of-touch lawmakers who make a habit of trivializing and mocking animal issues, such as when Rep.

Members of Congress on Wednesday approved taking money out of an environmental cleanup fund and putting it toward new fighter jets that the Pentagon has said it doesn't want.

The 31-30 vote to keep the F-22 fighter program alive belies stronger support for the stealth fighter, a senior U.S. House Democrat said.