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…
Monthly Archives: September, 2011
White House Cuts $25 Billion More From Defense to Fund VA
September 30, 2011 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg
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….