by Christopher Hellman and Travis Sharp FY 2009 PENTAGON SPENDING REQUEST RESOURCES HIGHLIGHTS “Top Line” Funding – The Bush administration is requesting $515.4 billion for the Department of Defense in Fiscal Year 2009, which begins on October 1, 2008. This is $35.9 billion or 7.5 percent more than current levels, or an inflation-adjusted (“real”) increase of […]
Highlights of Congressional Action on National Security in 2007
by Kingston Reif Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) Program (Click here for more) Administration Request: $88.8 million for the Department of Energy; $30 million for the Department of Defense Final Action: $0 for the Department of Energy; $15 million for the Department of Defense Reprocessing Nuclear Waste (Click here for more) Administration Request: $405 million Final […]
Highlights of Congressional Action on National Security in 2007
by Kingston Reif Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) Program Administration Request: $88.8 million for the Department of Energy; $30 million for the Department of Defense Final Action: $0 for the Department of Energy; $15 million for the Department of Defense Reprocessing Nuclear Waste Administration Request: $405 million Final Action: $179 million (as part of Department of […]
Keeping Troops in Iraq Through 2018 Pushes War Cost Over One Trillion Dollars
by Travis Sharp Bottom Line: If the United States keeps 55,000 troops in Iraq through 2018, about a third as many troops as are presently deployed, the aggregate cost of the war in Iraq will reach approximately $1.1 trillion. The aggregate cost jumps to $1.7 trillion if one includes aggregate debt service costs for the […]
Our $70 Billion Lump of Coal
by Travis Sharp Published in the Topeka Capital-Journal on January 11, 2008 If you are anything like me, January is a time of considerable anxiety. My waistline has expanded after too many holiday cookies and too much eggnog. The sweater my grandmother gave me lies abandoned in the corner collecting dust. Worst of all, VISA […]
