President Obama announced earlier this year the need for about $400 billion in military-related budget cuts over the next decade. The nonprofit Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessment’s (CSBA) Todd…
Monthly Archives: June, 2011
Gates Seeks Big Changes to Military Pay, Pensions
June 4, 2011 • In the News • Original: The Virginian-Pilot
In his waning days as secretary of defense, Robert Gates is proposing historic changes to what he calls a “rigid, one-size-fits-all approach” to military pay and retirement benefits/…/ A defense…
CSBA Releases New Report on the Maturation of the Precision-Strike Regime
June 3, 2011 • By Natalya Anfilofyeva • Press Releases
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments is pleased to release The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs. The report, authored by Center Senior Fellow Barry Watts, considers the maturation of the…
As IEDs Multiplied In Afghanistan, Detection Rates Improved
June 2, 2011 • In the News • Original: San Diego Union-Tribune
The surge of troops sent to Afghanistan encountered soaring numbers of bombs hidden in paths and roads over the last year — and a corresponding jump in casualties. But as…
Fool Me Twice: How the United States Lost Lebanon—Again
June 1, 2011 • By Eric Edelman • Analysis
For the second time in three decades, a substantial American investment of time, money, and effort to strengthen the Lebanese government and support its fledgling democracy has come to very…