What's Happening in National Security

Organizational Review of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter have instituted a review of the organization of the Office...

Fiscal Conservatives Urge Open Rule for Defense Spending Bill

  July 22, 2013 Dear Speaker Boehner, We understand that the House of...

Letter to Congress: Trim Funding for B61 Bomb in Energy Spending Bill

Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to Congress today urging support to trim funding for the B61 bomb....

A Cigar for SIGAR – Documenting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Waste in Afghanistan

The title says it all: “[Department of Defense] Moving Forward with $771.8 Million Purchase of Aircraft that the Afghans Cannot Operate...

Joint Letter to the House: Reduce Wasteful Pentagon Spending

     June 13, 2013 Dear Representative: We, the leaders of our undersigned...

Letter to House: Support Common Sense Amendments to FY14 NDAA

These amendments would help bring the total level of spending in line with what is already agreed to in current law....

Letter to Senate: Oppose Subsidies for Unconventional Fuels in NDAA

  Oppose Amendments to Defense Authorization Bill that Provide Subsidies for Unconventional...

TCS Analysis of the FY14 Presidential Budget Request

Taxpayers for Common Sense staff will be combing through the budget over the next several hours and days and bringing to light various...

Hagel Grabs the Axe

There was never any question that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel would have to wield the budget axe—simple fiscal and political math...

Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Resolution/Spending bills

The current CR and spending bills theoretically mimic the FY13 appropriations bills, but we’ve started looking to see where lawmakers added and subtracted dollars....

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...