President Obama yesterday put in a rare appearance at the Pentagon, flanked by the four service chiefs and his Secretary of Defense. Saying that now is the time to cash…
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Defense Has a Health Care Spending Problem
January 6, 2012 • In the News • Original: Washington Post
On Thursday, the White House previewed its plans to shrink defense spending, announcing its intention to reduce the size of the army and scale back counterinsurgency operations. “Our military will…
Obama Announces Pentagon Budget Cuts
January 5, 2012 • In the News • Original: USA Today
President Obama announced a new military strategy on Thursday that will cut the Pentagon budget by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade /…/ That new strategy turns…
U.S. Turns to Drones to Counter China
January 5, 2012 • In the News • Original: Japan Times
A recent offer by the Seychelles to refuel and replenish Chinese naval ships on anti-piracy patrols in the northwest Indian Ocean was seen as the latest sign of China’s expanding…
Obama Puts His Stamp on Strategy for a Leaner Military
January 5, 2012 • In the News • Original: New York Times
President Obama has for the first time put his own stamp on an all-encompassing American military policy by turning from the grinding ground wars that he inherited from the Bush…