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Monthly Archives: September, 2011

White House Cuts $25 Billion More From Defense to Fund VA

September 30, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg

The White House has directed the Pentagon to reduce its 10-year spending plan by another $25 billion, on top of the roughly $450 billion it’s already planning to cut, according…

How Bad Would Sequestration Be For Defense?

September 29, 2011 • In the News • Original: National Journal

Just how bad would sequestration be for the Pentagon? No one argues that the roughly $500 billion across-the-board defense cut that would be triggered if the super committee fails to…

Generational Shift for Joint Chiefs

September 29, 2011 • In the News • Original: Politico

Adm. Mike Mullen and the man who replaces him Friday as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are just five years apart in age but their experiences are different…

Affect on Dyess Unclear If Military Spending Reductions Kick In

September 28, 2011 • In the News • Original: Abilene Reporter-News

The number of Air Force bombers and transport planes will shrink dramatically, military families will suffer, and Texas will especially feel the pain if Congress doesn’t agree on overall budget…

Warplanes’ Cost-Per-Pound Steadily Rising

September 27, 2011 • In the News • Original: Time Magazine

Here’s another gem from that recent study on the defense industrial base — or rather the prospective lack of it — by the independent Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments….