Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 23, 2020

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CNN: Tensions intensify between Biden and Pentagon over stalled transition briefings

(CNN)President-elect Joe Biden's transition team on Wednesday disputed suggestions from Pentagon officials who questioned the accuracy of Biden's assertion a day earlier that the Department of Defense has refused to brief his team on the massive cyberattack on government agencies and major American technology and accounting companies.

"As the President-elect noted yesterday, the Department of Defense has continued to refuse to meet with our Agency Review Team members," said Ned Price, a spokesman for the Biden transition, said in a statement to CNN.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 23, 2020

Defense Department Fires Back at Biden’s Claims of Pentagon Stonewalling -- US News and World Report

Trump vetoes defense bill, but Congress appears poised to override him -- Military Times

House Democrats push Biden's Pentagon pick on civilian control of military -- The Hill

How Biden will deal with the Pentagon's generals -- Sean D. Naylor, Yahoo News

Congress demands Pentagon take Russian bounties story seriously -- Task & Purpose

Space acquisition reform awaits Biden’s Pentagon team -- Space News

Soldiers really need to wear seat-belts, year-end analysis shows -- Army Times

Congress allots about half the money requested for Army command post modernization program -- C4ISNet

Next-generation US nuclear sub facing cost overruns, delays -- Bloomberg

Congress guts funding for cruiser replacements -- Defense News