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More National Security-Related Deficit Cut Proposals (Time Magazine)

The prospect of deeper cuts at the Defense Department and other parts of the national security-related budget is getting closer to reality....

Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $600 Billion in National Security Spending Cuts (YubaNet)

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 21, 2011 - The federal government could save $586 billion over the next 10 years by cutting unneeded weapons, reining...

Taxpayer Groups Urge Cuts of $600 Billion; Whack JSF, Next-Gen Bomber (AOL Defense)

Washington: Two respected taxpayer groups are calling for more than half-a-trillion in defense cuts. The Project for Government Oversight...

NDAA Amendment Options: A Preliminary Proposal for Defense Savings (The Stimson Center)

The Will and the Wallet Budget Insights for Foreign Affairs and Defense Policy from the Stimson Center SEE OUR POST HERE The parameters of...

Panetta will deal with a Pentagon bureaucracy that Gates mastered (The Hill)

Defense Secretary Robert Gates's successor will face many challenges from day one, including a Pentagon bureaucracy that largely has been...

Analysts have mixed expectations of Panetta (Air Force Times)

A panel of defense experts who support big cuts in the Pentagon budget had mixed expectations Tuesday for how CIA Director Leon Panetta will...

GE jet engine survives House (The Boston Globe)

Obama may veto defense legislation; jobs at stake at Lynn facility The US House of Representatives risked a potential veto by President...

Medill National Security Zone: Tips to Improve Your Military Reporting (nationalsecurityzone.org)

Analysts & Watchdogs There are three very good watchdog/analysis groups: 1. The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment 2....

Establish transparency standards for military contractors (PolitiFact)

"Establish transparency standards for military contractors. … Create the reporting requirements, accounting, and accountability needed for...

House Defense Chief Blasts F-35 Cuts, Laughs at Veto Threat (WIRED)

You can see the next two years of congressional defense debates, in miniature, from the office of Rep. Buck McKeon, the California...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...