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Automatic Cuts Could Drive Smaller Defense-Industry Firms Out of Business

December 5, 2011 • In the News • Original: The Hill

The prospect of $600 billion in automatic defense cuts could drive an increasing number of smaller defense firms out of the industry — or out of business altogether. A rise…

Cutting Retiree Benefits A Sore Subject For Military

December 4, 2011 • In the News • Original: NPR

Military retiree benefits cost the Pentagon $50 billion a year. That’s more than next year’s entire budget for the Department of Homeland Security. There are 1.9 million military retirees drawing…

Canada Warily Eyes Defense Budget

November 30, 2011 • In the News • Original: Politico

The severe defense spending cuts triggered by the failure of the deficit-reduction supercommittee have U.S. allies worried about the fallout. And nowhere is this more evident than in Canada, where…

DEFENSE: Fuel Costs in Spotlight as Military Faces Steep Budget Cuts

November 29, 2011 • In the News • Original: Greenwire

With the congressional supercommittee’s failure to reach a deficit deal likely triggering roughly $1 trillion in defense spending cuts over the next decade, the battle is beginning over what exactly…

Air Force Seeks Allies Support As Budget Crunch Looms

November 29, 2011 • In the News • Original: AOL Defense News

The Air Force is turning to its allies for help as it looks to maintain a viable global presence in the face of coming budget cuts, a top Air Force…