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Yearly Archives: 2011

What a Navy SEAL Makes

May 5, 2011 • In the News • Original: CNBC Street Signs

A look at the salaries Navy Seals get from the government, with Todd Harrison, CSBA.

House Panel Wants Competitive Engine Effort — For New Bomber

May 4, 2011 • In the News • Original: Inside Defense

A House panel has proposed legislation that would require a competitive engine acquisition strategy for the Air Force’s next-generation, long-range strike program, which could open up a new battle between…

With Drones and Satellites, U.S. Zeroed in on bin Laden

May 3, 2011 • In the News • Original: Wired Magazine

Air- and space-based sensors apparently played a vital role in helping corroborate the HUMINT and providing the assault team a detailed view of bin Laden’s compound — likely right up…

The Cost of the Hunt for Bin Laden

May 2, 2011 • In the News • Original: CNBC Street Signs

Totaling the cost of the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, with Todd Harrison, CSBA senior fellow.

Osama Bin Laden Dead, but No ‘Peace Dividend’

May 2, 2011 • In the News • Original: Christian Science Monitor

The death of Osama bin Laden, while a tremendous boost to American morale, will have little economic or fiscal impact in the United States the way that the fall of…