While promoting his efforts to cut defense spending (and our report) Rep. Barney Frank stopped off at Countdown with Keith Olbermann. While the whole interview is great, Olbermann’s introduction is particularly good – and not just because it in…
US remains global leader in defense spending
The United States remains the global leader in defense spending, surpassing the next closest country by more than eight times. In 2008, the most recent year for which complete global data is available, the US approved $696.3 billion in defense budget …
Putting Afghanistan Troop Increase Costs in Perspective
by Travis Sharp COST OF TROOP INCREASE & IMPACT ON OVERALL DEFENSE BUDGET Adding 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan will cost $30 billion during Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. (12/1 speech) This $30 billion comes in addition to the previously requested FY 2010 defense budget of $68 billion for Afghanistan, $62 billion for Iraq, […]
Analysis of FY 2010 Defense Authorization Conference Agreement (HR 2647)
by Travis Sharp On October 7, a House-Senate conference committee finalized the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Defense Authorization bill. The conference bill, which reconciles differences between the separate House- and Senate-passed bills, must now return to both houses for final approval before being submitted to President Obama for signature or veto. The House passed the […]
Analysis of FY 2010 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill (HR 3326)
by Travis Sharp September 24, 2009 On September 10, 2009, the Senate Appropriations Committee completed its markup of the fiscal year (FY) 2010 Defense Appropriations bill (HR 3326). The Committee bill provides $625.8 billion in total discretionary funding, $3.5 billion less than the President’s request. Of the total, $497.6 billion is for the Department of […]
