By John Isaacs and Usha Sahay Executive Summary: As the United States and NATO contemplate the end of the combat mission in Afghanistan, officially scheduled for December 2014, a number of commentators have argued in favor of slowing down the withdrawal of the 68,000 remaining U.S. troops. Such arguments maintain that the majority of troops […]
Analysis of the Conference Version of the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
by Kingston Reif and Laicie Olson On December 18 the Senate and House Armed Services Committees filed the Conference version of the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Click here for the text of the Conference report and here for the Joint Explanatory Statement. The House is scheduled to take up and approve the bill […]
Lt. General Gard Talks Reshaping the Pentagon for 21st Century Security Threats with David Pakman
In a recent OpEd for CNN International, Lt. General (ret. USA) Robert Gard Jr PhD and Brig. General (ret. USA) John Johns, PhD tell Congress to get real and cut Pentagon spending. The Generals reviewed various ineffective programs including the massiv…
North Korea’s Successful Rocket Launch
By: Duyeon Kim An already intractable problem just became more complicated, although it was much anticipated. On December 12, 2012, at approximately 9:51 a.m. KST, North Korea launched another Unha-3 long-range rocket-satellite with success. An earlier launch of the same rocket failed in April. In a noon broadcast by its state-run TV, Pyongyang announced that […]
Lt. General Gard Appears on David Pakman Show Discussing Pentagon Spending
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