If the U.S. debt ceiling is not raised, and choices are made about who gets paid and who doesn’t, contractors could feel the pinch long before government officials do, according…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Hollow Growth
July 18, 2011 • In the News • Original: Inside Defense
Todd Harrison, budget expert at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, argues in a new report published today that the spike in U.S. defense spending over the last decade…
Analysts: Playing Chicken With Debt Ceiling Harms National Security
July 18, 2011 • In the News • Original: National Defense Magazine
The showdown in Washington over the federal deficit and the national debt might be seen as an innocuous game of one upmanship that soon will end after the parties work…
Panetta’s Challenge
July 15, 2011 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich • Analysis
Can he counter China’s and Iran’s game-changing new weapons? Leon Panetta has begun his tenure as secretary of defense with big challenges to manage–conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, and…
Tie Future Budgets to Strategy
July 14, 2011 • In the News • Original: DoD Buzz
With more rounds of defense spending cuts looming, the Pentagon must choose which roles and missions are top priority and which ones aren’t important as it drafts future budgets; a…