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Vice Chief Nominee Hints At Program Cuts Ahead (Aviation Week)

July 21, 2011 |

As large cuts to the U.S. defense budget are picking up an air of inevitability, more program kills are probably on their way, the... Read More

How to Trim the U.S. Deficit by Nearly $600 Billion (Defense Professionals)

July 21, 2011 |

A Blueprint for Spending Less and Spending Smarter on National Security 06:44 GMT, July 22, 2011 POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense today... Read More

Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $600 Billion in National Security Spending Cuts (CommonDreams.org)

July 20, 2011 |

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

Budget Wonks Prep for Defense Spending Dust-Up (The Wall Street Journal)

July 20, 2011 |

Who doesn’t enjoy a good, inside-the-Beltway smackdown? For those who follow defense-spending issues, a fresh bout started Thursday... Read More

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

July 20, 2011 |

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

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

July 20, 2011 |

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

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

July 20, 2011 |

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

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

June 12, 2011 |

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

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

June 06, 2011 |

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

Analysts have mixed expectations of Panetta (Air Force Times)

June 06, 2011 |

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

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September 13, 2013

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... Read More