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Analyst: Military bands to cost Pentagon $50B over next 50 years

May 18, 2011 • In the News • Original: The Hill

While trimming the military’s music tab might be an attractive target for Pentagon bean counters, Harrison said there is no shortage of targets within a nearly $700 billion yearly budget,…

Pentagon’s Phantom Savings

May 16, 2011 • In the News • Original: Defense News

Pentagon leaders love to tout the $330 billion they saved by cutting or killing weapons programs over the past two years, but that’s not the whole story. “Even if somehow…

Pakistan’s Nuclear Surge

May 15, 2011 • In the News • Original: Newsweek

Even in the best of times, Pakistan’s nuclear-weapons program warrants alarm. But these are perilous days. At a moment of unprecedented misgiving between Washington and Islamabad, new evidence suggests that…

US Expert Warns of PRC Economic Trap

May 14, 2011 • In the News • Original: Taipei Times

A US military expert said China may be trying to take over Taiwan by using a strategy of “economic entanglement.” Barry Watts, a senior fellow with the Washington-based Center for…

Analysts Chew Over USAF’S OBOGS Groundings

May 10, 2011 • In the News • Original: Air Force Times

An abundance of caution likely motivated the U.S. Air Force to launch investigations into the oxygen-generation systems found on board a number of fighter and trainer aircraft, analysts said. “When…