Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Budget Analysis
The Pentagon, looking northeast at the Potomac. DOD photo.
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While it is widely recognized that Cold War-era thinking about security is outdated, this recognition has not carried over into any real change in how the United States allocates its defense dollars. There are many elements of the defense budget which consume massive budgetary resources but provide little return in terms of security.
It is time to correct the artificial divide between military and non-military forms of security spending and return to a vision of security based on more than bullets and bombs.
The new reality in the post-September 11 world is that protection from terrorist attacks and other security challenges can only be provided by broadening our vision of national security to include law enforcement, intelligence, immigration policy, border security, foreign assistance, economic development, and diplomacy. Combining these non-military tools with a robust military is the prescription for global peace and security under American leadership during the 21st century.
FY 2010 DEFENSE BUDGET ANALYSIS
Dec 17, 2009 Analysis of FY 2010 Defense Appropriations Conference Agreement (HR 3326)
Dec 2, 2009 Putting Afghanistan Troop Increase Costs in Perspective
Oct 21, 2009 Analysis of FY 2010 Defense Authorization Conference Agreement (HR 2647)
Sep 24, 2009 Analysis of FY 2010 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill (HR 3326)
Jul 28, 2009 Analysis of FY 2010 House Defense Appropriations Bill (HR 3326)
Jul 13, 2009 Analysis of Senate Defense Authorization for FY 2010 (S. 1390)
Jul 23, 2008 Iraq and Afghanistan War Costs Resources
Jun 24, 2009 House Armed Services Committee Action on the FY 2010 Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 2647)
Jun 16, 2009 Congressional Add-Ons to Second FY 2009 War Supplemental (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)
Jun 15, 2009 Analysis of Conference Agreement on Second FY 2009 War Supplemental (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)
Jun 2, 2009 Obama Nuclear Nonproliferation Budget Disappointing
May 15, 2009 President Obama’s First Budget Shortchanges Nunn-Lugar
May 8, 2009 Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2010 Pentagon Spending Request: May "Full Request"
Apr 30, 2009 Analysis of S. 454: The Levin-McCain Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act
Apr 7, 2009 Gates Throws Down the Gauntlet on Defense Budget
Mar 31, 2009 Analysis of FY 2010 Budget Resolution for National Defense
Feb 26, 2009 Fiscal Year 2010 Pentagon Defense Spending Request: February "Topline"
ANNUAL ANALYSIS OF THE PENTAGON SPENDING REQUEST
The FY 2011 Request l The FY 2010 Request l The FY 2009 Request l The FY 2008 Request l The FY 2007 Request
The FY 2006 Request l The FY 2005 Request l The FY 2004 Request l The FY 2003 Request l The FY 2002 Request
The FY 2001 Request l The FY 2000 Request l The FY 1999 Request l The FY 1998 Request l The FY 1997 Request
ADDITIONAL READING
- Congressional Research Service, "Defense: FY2010 Authorization and Appropriations," December 14, 2009.
- Summary of the annual defense budget process
- Congressional Budget Office, "Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Budget," January 2010.
- Institute for Policy Studies, "A Unified Security Budget for the United States, FY 2010," November, 2009.
- Government Accountability Office, "Assessments of Selected Weapons Programs," March 2009.