The fate of the republic — if we are to believe the hype — soon will be in the hands of the 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction that…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Defense Cuts: Super Committee Bark Might Be Worse Than Its Bite
August 11, 2011 • In the News • Original: National Defense Magazine
Deficit Reduction Deal and Pentagon Spending
August 7, 2011 • In the News • Original: This Week in Defense News with Vago Muradian
Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic Budgetary Assessments talks about the coming Defense Department budget cuts and how far ranging they are likely to be.
Report Calls on Pentagon to Prepare for Possible Debt-Limit Deal Spending Cuts
August 7, 2011 • In the News • Original: The Hill
Top Pentagon brass should craft plans so the Defense Department is ready if a so-called trigger in the debt-ceiling law is pulled, a move that would return the annual military…
The Long Battle Between Turkey’s Politicians and Generals Seems Over
August 6, 2011 • In the News • Original: Economist
For Turkey’s hard-line secularists it spelled a humiliating end to Ataturk’s republic. For their detractors it was an irreversible victory for democracy. Either way, the mass resignation of Turkey’s military…
Pentagon Steps Up Campaign Against More Defense Cuts
August 4, 2011 • In the News • Original: Chicago Tribune
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned against a “devastating” second round of defense cuts on Thursday as the Pentagon stepped up its campaign to convince Congress to look elsewhere for savings…