Tag Archives: Defense Budget Cuts

by Lt. General Robert Gard (Ret.), The Hill
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A powerful U.S. military is indispensable to our national security; but in many ways, our bloated military budget has become a direct threat to the very security it … Read More

by Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press
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The Defense Department could shed 60,000 more troops than planned and 50,000 civilian employees without hurting U.S. fighting power, four former members of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in … Read More

Bringing Some Sense to the Defense Budget

by Ryan Alexander, US News
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Reps. Bill Young, R-Fla., and Pete Visclosky, D-Ind., the chairman and ranking Democrat on the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, recently sent Defense … Read More

by Pauline Jelinek,  Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday told the nation’s top military brass that their credibility “is on the line” if they don’t give greater details about how … Read More

by John Glaser, Anti-War Blog
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Remember sequestration? Well, according to the mandatory cuts to the federal budget, funding for fiscal year 2014 can’t exceed $967 billion. Funny then, that House Republicans have proposed a budget of $988 billion for … Read More

by Pete Sepp, US News
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To many Americans – especially those with right-of-center political leanings – national defense is the single most important priority for the federal government. But is that function compatible with responsible tax … Read More

by Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg
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The Pentagon sent Congress a report providing details of $37 billion in sequestration cuts affecting defense contractors from Lockheed (LMT) Martin Corp. to Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII)

The report, provided yesterday and required by the … Read More

by Carl Conetta, The Huffington Post
Conetta is the Director of Project on Defense Alternatives
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On 31 May, the Strategic Choices and Management Review ordered in March by Defense Secretary Hagel will be completed. The review … Read More

By James Rosen, McClatchy Washington Bureau
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WASHINGTON — A funny thing happened on the way to a predicted disaster: The Pentagon is learning to live with the automatic budget cuts its leaders had warned would threaten national … Read More