“Threat reduction should not be the bill payer for weapons modernization. This request craters non-proliferation programs that keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists,” said John Isaacs, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “We should prioritize such programs that actively enhance national security instead of over budget, unrealistic and behind schedule nuclear weapons programs.”
Military Experts Respond to Sec. Hagel’s FY15 Budget Preview
“Dollars spent is not the measure of merit for our security any more than it is for our health care system,” said Col. (USAF ret.) Richard Klass. “The measure of merit is whether our spending matches our strategy and the current and future threats. Clearly there are reductions, such as outmoded nuclear systems and unneeded bases, whose reduction would increase our security by strengthening our fiscal integrity.”
New York Times Letter to the Editor on Pentagon spending by Lt. General Robert Gard
The Military Budget By Robert Gard February 27, 2014 Your Feb. 26 editorial “A Military Budget to Fit the Times” was bold and important. The editorial laid out the reasons our inflated defense budget is having an inverse impact on our national security. As we continue to overspend for unneeded defense programs, we reduce our […]
The Jeff Santos Show Discusses the First-Step Iran Nuclear Deal with Kingston Reif
Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Kingston Reif, joins The Jeff Santos Show to discuss the first-step deal with Iran.
TruthOut Publishes OpEd on Iran Negotiations by Laicie Heeley
Progress With Iran as Negotiations Continue in Vienna The United States and its international partners in the P5+1 (China, Russia, France, United Kingdom and Germany) sat down with Iran this week to begin to lay out the details of a final deal. So far, implementation of the November 24 Joint Plan of Action, which provides […]
