Big Bird vs. Budget Cuts That Matter
America is headed toward a fiscal cliff, the U.S. military is being gutted by budget cuts, and the President has been focused on…Big Bird. After… Read More
Facing Today’s Sputniks
Fifty-five years ago, America got a huge shock. The Soviets beat us to space with the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. Instead… Read More
Defending Readiness: Keep Military Training Strong
Brigadier General John Adams (Ret.) recently argued that we don’t go into war with the army we have, “we really go to war with the… Read More
Obama 2007: Warn Contractors of Impending Layoffs; Obama 2012: Don’t Bother
“For too long, employers have failed to notify workers that they’re about to lose their jobs due to mass layoffs or plant closings even though… Read More
Defense Cuts Will Cost Us in the Long Run
As its January 2 deadline draws near, sequestration and the roughly $500 billion it will cut from defense have received increasing attention. While proponents of… Read More
The Dire Effects of Sequestration
It’s hard to imagine a worse time to cut defense spending. While new threats emerge around the world, sequestration, mandated by the Budget Control Act… Read More
Flawed Sequestration Report Reinforces Need to Reverse Damaging Defense Cuts
The Obama Administration’s recent report on how it would slash nearly $500 billion more from national defense over the next decade leaves lawmakers, the military,… Read More
Armed Services Committee to Question Administration on Sequestration Report
This Thursday, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will hold a hearing on sequestration’s impact on defense and national security in light of the Sequestration… Read More
Don’t Play Politics with the Nation’s Security
The political grandstanding around sequestration is shameful. As Bob Woodward described in his book The Price of Politics, the present crisis was not the product… Read More
Chart of the Week: Sequestration Reduces Defense as Budget Priority
The Obama Administration released its sequestration report more than a week late, but other than a 9.4 percent reduction in discretionary national defense funding, there… Read More
