“Military expert talks budget cuts” By Jordan Bailey The Daily Tar Heel To U.S. military expert Col. William Hauser, the United States is no longer the world’s super power. And at a speech in Graham Memorial Monday, Hauser said the belief that the U.S. is still a military superpower is antiquated and has lead to […]
Politifact Quotes Kingston Reif on NDAA
Funding is there for updating warheads by Molly Moorhead Politifact Some Republicans in the House of Representatives have been at odds with each other over this pledge. But the bottom line is that nuclear weapon upgrades and maintenance are being funded. Click here to read the rest of the article.
The Telegraph Quotes Col. Richard Klass on Defense Budget
Note: The story below reports on an event organized by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at Georgia Tech University on August 29, 20102. Potential automatic cuts threaten more than military, progressives say By MAGGIE LEE The Telegraph ATLANTA — The so-called fiscal cliff of $1.2 trillion in automatic federal budget cuts that […]
Norquist Hits Ryan on Defense Spending
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Earlier this week, Grover Norquist, the head of Americans for Tax Reform, came out against Paul Ryan’s views on defense, saying they were fiscally irresponsible.
Whither the anti-terrorism budget?
I wrote my July Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists column on the Obama administration’s disappointing budget request for nuclear terrorism prevention programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration. Here’s an excerpt Despite the reductions to c…
