by Christopher Hellman On April 9, 2009, the Obama administration released details of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 supplemental funding request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The total request is $83.4 billion to fund ongoing military, diplomatic, and intelligence operations. Of this amount, $75.5 billion is for costs related to military operations and […]
Analysis of FY2010 Budget Resolution for National Defense
by Travis Sharp During the week of March 30, both the House and Senate will consider their respective versions of the fiscal year (FY) 2010 Budget Resolution. The annual Budget Resolution is not submitted to the President for signature and does not have the force of law. It does serve as a blueprint for later […]
Congress and President Obama’s National Security Agenda
by John Isaacs [contact information] Published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online on March 17, 2009 A key bellwether vote in the new Congress came on February 13 when only three Senate Republicans broke ranks from their party and voted with Democrats for President Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus bill. If support from […]
Implementing the President’s Plan: An Outline for Action in Iraq
By Col. Richard L. Klass (USAF, ret.), Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard, Jr. (USA, ret.) and Brig. Gen. John Johns (USA, ret.) [**] Staff Sgt. Riley Smallwood plays with Iraqi children in 2007 (DOD). Download this report (PDF, 5 pages) Barack Obama campaigned on a policy of ending U.S. military involvement in Iraq. There is […]
Bring Back the Draft
Published in Foreign Policy Online in February 2009 By William L. Hauser (USA, ret.) and Jerome Slater Read the full article at ForeignPolicy.com In the ongoing struggle between radical Islamism and Western democracy, military intervention by the United States may again be judged necessary as a last resort against particularly dangerous states or organizations. Although […]
