Spend Smarter, Not More By Lt. General Robert Gard and Brig. General John Johns Our nation needs an open dialogue about government spending, especially on U.S. military programs that damage our national security by ballooning the national debt. In January of 2012, President Obama released a new National Military Strategy designed to implement the revised […]

House approves budget, averting shutdown January 15, 2014 By David Rogers The House approved and sent to the Senate a landmark $1.1 trillion spending bill that fills in the blanks of December’s budget agreement and sets a new template for appropriations for the remainder of President Barack Obama’s second term. Adopted 359-67, the giant measure […]

Director of Middle East and Defense Policy, Laicie Heeley joins Voices of Russia to discuss the first-step deal with Iran and Menendez-Kirk sanctions bill.

U.S. Bill Boosts Warhead Spending by Nearly $1 Billion Rachel Oswald January 14, 2014 A new U.S. Congress omnibus spending bill would increase funding to the Energy Department’s nuclear-weapons efforts by close to $1 billion for fiscal 2014. Legislation released on Monday jointly by the Senate and House appropriations committees would provide $7.8 billion for […]

Obama Fights a Push to Add Iran Sanctions By Mark Landler & Jonathan Weisman January 14, 2014 WASHINGTON — With the United States and Iran about to embark on a critical phase of nuclear talks, President Obama is waging an intense rear-guard action to prevent Senate Democrats from supporting strict new sanctions that could upend […]