In fiscal cliff scramble, defense budget part of the mix as Washington pursues deficit cut By Associated Press WASHINGTON — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a […]
AlterNet Features Center’s Military Spending Research
How a Mitt-Style Increase in Military Spending Might Cost You Your Job By Lynn Stuart Parramore AlterNet As predicted, one of the big clashes in the final presidential debate on Monday night concerned military spending. The dustup not only revealed a key difference between the candidates, it gave us the best line of the […]
VP Debate Prep: The Ryan Defense Budget
At tonight’s Vice-Presidential debate, all eyes will be on Paul Ryan, who is well-loved in conservative circles as a fiscal hawk — except when it comes to defense. The budget is sure to come up during the Biden-Ryan faceoff, so before tuning in, give a second read to our own Laicie Olson’s piece on Ryan’s plans for defense spending, published a few weeks ago on The Truman National Security Project’s Doctrine blog.
“Protect U.S. Defense Labs from Budget Cuts”
The Center’s Senior Science Fellow Phil Coyle published an article on October 7 in Defense News on the importance of defense laboratories to U.S. national security needs. The piece, entitled “Protect U.S. Defense Labs from Budget Cuts,” argues that lab…
Back to Reality: A Nuclear Arsenal to Reflect 21st Century Threats
Update (Wednesday, 10/3): Yesterday, the Project of Government Oversight (POGO) released a response to the two Post articles analyzing their authenticity and focus. The posting also includes a rebuttal from Dana Priest, author of the two Post articles, regarding the statements made by POGO. You can check it out here.
