Running to stand still
By Philip Ewing on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 ![]()
Another day, another proposal to protect DoD’s budget, another round of deadlock.
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Another day, another proposal to protect DoD’s budget, another round of deadlock.
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U.S. Rep. Buck McKeon tells the Pentagon he has no plans of standing up another Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
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SecDef’s worry about base closures is getting through to towns across the U.S. Can DoD and Congress use that groundswell to protect tomorrow’s budgets?
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A report hopes to broaden the resistance to DoD budget reductions by warning that cuts would affect the whole country.
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The waiting and debating is over. Now there’s an actual roadmap for DoD’s planned build-down.
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SecDef and Gen. Dempsey unveil the long-dreaded program cuts in this year’s budget submission.
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Rep. Mac Thornberry, House Armed Services Committee vice chair, expects his colleagues to push back against any Pentagon recommendation for an additional round of base closures.
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The Pentagon must continue to tweak its weapons mix if it wants to meet the military challenges of this century, a study concludes.
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An advanced new missile could potentially mean big changes for the littoral combat ship.
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Lawmakers want to try again to save DoD from sequestration, but it’ll be months, if ever, before anything happens.
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DoD has a hot new doctrine, “reversibility,” and it could become a key weapon for defenders of budgets and programs.
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The announcement of a new “strategy” at the Pentagon was the prelude to what looks like a tough defense budget year.
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President Obama and Secretary Panetta set the table for America’s coming defense build-down.
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The outline for the big crunch and a major election are two key events already on the calendar for the new year.
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Looking back at the Washington saga that left the U.S. military worrying it would become a “paper tiger.”
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There’s no telling just how many programs are in the crosshairs as DoD tries to deal with the prospect of reduced budget growth.
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A year-ahead forecast paints a bleak picture of another year of dysfunction for the military-industrial-congressional complex.
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A commentator argues that politicians’ short-term priorities get in the way of the military’s true, big-picture needs.
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The week that was. The links that were.
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Big B says, hey, hold on, this thing ain’t over yet: Its Super Hornet could still be Japan’s new fighter.