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Yearly Archives: 2011

China’s Military Flexes Its Muscle

July 28, 2011 • In the News • Original: USA Today

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…

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…