Keeping the federal government running with temporary budget resolutions is changing the way business is done/…/ Spending problems are especially acute at the Pentagon. The military got authority to give…
Yearly Archives: 2011
U.S. Budget is Extended, but There are Costs
March 17, 2011 • In the News • Original: Marketplace Public Radio
Exclusive: Our Man in Tokyo
March 14, 2011 • In the News • Original: Politico's Morning Defense
Retired Navy Capt. Jan van Tol was in Tokyo last week when the earthquake hit, and he emailed to say he’s all right. Van Tol, now with the Center for…
Now ‘Good Enough’ Wins The Defense Contract
March 14, 2011 • In the News • Original: Washington Post
The Air Force’s decision late last month to award the long-contested, $35 billion aerial refueling tanker program to Boeing ended a competition that had been fraught with controversy. But analysts…
DoD Flummoxed As 2013 Planning Begins
March 14, 2011 • In the News • Original: Defense News
Five-and-a-half months after the start of the fiscal year, Congress has yet to pass a 2011 defense budget. Instead, lawmakers have passed a continuing resolution (CR), which forces DoD to…
No-Fly Zone, No Problem
March 10, 2011 • By Jim Thomas and Zack Cooper • Analysis
How to do it without putting a single coalition plane directly over Libyan territory. The U.S. and its allies successfully implemented no-fly zones against Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein in…