Note: A version of this op-ed was published in the Fall 2012 – ELECTION EDITION of VETERANS’ VISION (www.theveteransvision.com.) There are many serious anxieties in today’s world: a war in Afghanistan that has drifted into its second decade, a serious debt crisis facing the United States and many other countries, climate change, the threat of […]
Ryan’s Defense Budget Plays Partisan Politics Over Strategic Thinking
In his 2011 budget, Ryan supported Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s proposal to save $178 billion over five years in reductions and efficiencies, as well as the Obama administration’s plan for a smaller increase in spending, year over year. Ryan’s proposal closely paralleled the President’s request, but in doing so, enflamed some members of his own party. Anticipating the details of the forthcoming proposal, 29 members of the House Armed Services Committee, led by Chairman Buck McKeon, sent a letter to Speaker Boehner requesting a $7 billion increase above the President’s request.
The Telegraph Quotes Col. Richard Klass on Defense Budget
Note: The story below reports on an event organized by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at Georgia Tech University on August 29, 20102. Potential automatic cuts threaten more than military, progressives say By MAGGIE LEE The Telegraph ATLANTA — The so-called fiscal cliff of $1.2 trillion in automatic federal budget cuts that […]
Hodgepodge: New Info on CMRR/UPF, US tac nukes in Europe, and Chinese nuclear modernization
As I’ve written previously, combing responses to questions for the record (QFRs) from Members of Congress after Congressional hearings can reveal all sorts of interesting information, assuming they’re made available by the Government Printing Office or Steve Aftergood over at the Federation of American Scientists manages to get his hands on a copy and share it with the world.
2012 RNC Platform on Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense
The National Security Network’s superstar leader Heather Hurlburt has already thoroughly dissected the national security section, and while portions of it are surprisingly reasonable, much of it is unsurprisingly ridiculous. The platform’s discussion of nuclear weapons and missile defense falls under the “ridiculous” category. The Kyl/Turner wing of the GOP appears to have co-opted the RNC on these issues.
