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The debate about U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan beyond 2014 is ramping up, with dueling defense experts suggesting a force of more than 30,000 or fewer than 10,000. But a…

/…/For their part, some defense contractor executives are now making it a point to stress that sequestration, if a fiscal cliff deal isn’t reached by Jan. 1, would be less…

Washington’s budget negotiators are considering cost-saving changes in the nation’s entitlement programs, with one notable exception: military health care. Like the rest of the U.S. health system, the military’s program,…

Every year, salaries and benefits for service members take up a larger share of the Pentagon’s overall budget, threatening to crowd out all other military priorities. “If we continue on…

Todd Harrison, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, explained that, in short, the Defense Department gets sequestered to get below the cap, and then there is…