Dec 14, 2011
The conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 provides $530 billion for the Pentagon’s base budget, as well as $116 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and $17 billion for nuclear weapons-related spending at the Department of Energy. The total bill, at $662 billion, provides $26.6 billion less than the President’s requested amount in accordance with limits set by the debt deal in August 2011.
Oct 27, 2011
On September 15, the Senate Appropriations Committee completed action on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Defense Appropriations bill. The committee approved $513 billion for the base budget, plus $117.6 billion to pay for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, for a total of $630.6 billion.
Oct 21, 2011
Whatever one thinks about the merits of increased funding for nuclear modernization we should all be able to agree that Congress shouldn’t seek to ameliorate funding shortfalls for nuclear weapons by cutting funding for programs that are our first line of defense against nuclear terrorism, writes Kingston Reif in this new analysis.
Sep 12, 2011
Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and the rest of the members of the subcommittee deserve great credit for prioritizing essential nuclear and radiological material security and nonproliferation programs, writes Kingston Reif in his analysis of the Senate Appropriations Committee version of the FY 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill.
Sep 8, 2011
An overview of the Senate Appropriations Committee Allocations for Defense.
Jun 21, 2011
This month, on 3 June, the House passed 268-145 a non-binding resolution, introduced by Speaker Boehner, rebuking President Obama for committing U.S. military forces to NATO operations in Libya without the express consent of Congress. So why does the House version of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act delegate to the President extensive authority to employ military force, writes Lt. Gen Robert Gard (USA, ret.) in this new analysis.
Jun 15, 2011
The House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Defense Appropriations Bill on June 14. The bill contains $530 billion in funding for non-war programs and accounts, an increase of $17 billion over FY 2011 and a decrease of approximately $9 billion from the President’s request.
May 20, 2011
By a vote of 60 to 1, the House Armed Services Committee approved $553 billion for the Pentagon’s base budget, a 4.1% increase over appropriations for FY 2011, along with an additional $118 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, matching the administration’s request on both counts.
May 12, 2011
A summary of Iraq and Afghanistan war funding through Fiscal Year (FY) 2012.
Apr 27, 2011
As has been rumored for some time now, President Obama is expected to announce this week his decision to appoint Director of Central Intelligence Leon Panetta to replace Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The move comes as part of a significant restructuring of the president’s security team. General David Petraeus will reportedly replace Panetta at CIA, General John Allen will replace Petraeus, and Ryan Crocker will replace Karl Eikenberry as US Ambassador in Kabul.
Apr 22, 2011
Congress approved $102.5 billion in proposed conventional arms transfers with 28 governments in 2010. This amount is $27.5 billion more than the Pentagon asked for from Congress in 2008 and four times the 2000-2009 ten-year average of $27 billion in actual sales. The Obama administration has stated that bolstering the weapons industry could contribute to job-creation in the U.S., but less publicly, they also view arms sales as integral to augmenting U.S. influence abroad. The use of arms sales as a tool of U.S. foreign policy should not escape scrutiny.
Feb 14, 2011
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, which begins on October 1, 2011, the Obama Administration has requested a base budget of $553 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD). This is $13 billion below the Pentagon’s Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) estimate, released last year, but represents about 3 percent in real growth over the funding the department would receive for FY 2011 under the current continuing resolution, which expires on March 4.
Feb 14, 2011
On February 14, the Obama Administration released its proposed Fiscal Year 2012 budget for the federal government. As part of this budget, the Administration is seeking $553 billion in funding for the Department of Defense, not including funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan or the nuclear weapons related activities of the Department of Energy.
Dec 13, 2010
The following graph details nine major deficit reduction proposals by program recommendation.
Oct 28, 2010
Watch the Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation's Laicie Olson talk defense spending on Al Jazeera.
Oct 15, 2010
It is no secret that the US deficit is high and rising. In fiscal year (FY) 2009, in fact, it rose to a record high. As if that wasn’t enough, the latest forecast from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shows the deficit continuing to rise through this year and next. At a projected $1.47 trillion for FY 2010, the government will need to borrow 41 cents of every dollar it spends.
Jul 30, 2010
The final version of the fiscal 2010 war supplemental was approved by the House on July 27, 2010 by a vote of 308-114. The bill contains approximately $59 billion in spending for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, domestic disaster relief, Haiti, and Vietnam veterans, among other things.
Jun 11, 2010
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), along with a bipartisan task force that includes Senior Policy Analyst Laicie Olson, announced the release of a new report that identifies nearly $1 Trillion in Pentagon budget savings that can be generated over the next ten years from realistic reductions in defense spending. The report was produced by the Sustainable Defense Task Force, a group convened in response to a request from Rep. Frank to explore options for reducing the defense budget’s contribution to the federal deficit without compromising the essential security of the United States.
May 21, 2010
In 2008, the most recent year for which complete global data is available, the U.S. approved $696.3 billion in defense budget authority (fiscal 2010 dollars). This figure includes funding for the Pentagon base budget, Department of Energy-administered nuclear weapons activities, and supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan. This number is eight times more than Russia, 15 times more than Japan, 47 times more than Israel, and nearly 73 times more than Iran.
May 11, 2010
Invoking the memory of President Eisenhower’s farewell address last weekend, Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered a fiery speech aimed at overhauling the Pentagon’s budget and restructuring its bureaucracy.
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