As the Pentagon plans for U.S. forces to exit Iraq and Afghanistan, it is keeping one eye trained on the rising threat in the East. For two decades China has…
Monthly Archives: July, 2011
Army Spent Over $32 Billion On Canceled Programs Since 1995
July 21, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg
The U.S. Army since 1995 has spent at least $32 billion on development, testing and evaluation of 22 weapons programs that were later canceled — almost a third of its…
No Longer ‘Wine And Roses’ For Defense Spending
July 21, 2011 • In the News • Original: NPR
One of the big-ticket items in any budget deal will have to be the defense budget/…/ Having less money means deciding what is and isn’t going to be done, determining…
An Eye-Opening Peek at the Pentagon’s Weird Budget Math
July 19, 2011 • In the News • Original: Time Magazine
If you’ve been paying attention, you may have heard that President Obama has pledged to cut $400 billion out of security spending between now and 2023. But what you may…
Why Defense Spending Keeps Rising (Hint: It’s Not Just the Wars)
July 19, 2011 • In the News • Original: Christian Science Monitor
Despite President Obama‘s mandate that the defense spending be cut by $400 billion during the next 12 years, the Pentagon has proposed its highest budget adjusted for inflation since World…