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National Defense
March 2006
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
QDR Lays Out Strategy, But Can We Afford It? At first glance, the fiscal year 2007 defense budget reflects the arduous challenges facing the administration in trying to balance long-term strategy and requirements against immediate priorities and fiscal pressures. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2010
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Predicted Fiscal Train Wreck Fast Becoming a Grim Reality The defense budget is about to be released by the Obama administration and, with other documents, will provide the first real insight into the administration's long-term military and national security strategies. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2004
Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr.
Pentagon Feeling the Pressure on Budget There is good and bad news in the defense spending legislation that President Bush signed in August. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2005
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Strategy and Budget Driven by Global War on Terror The final report is not scheduled to be completed and sent to Congress until February, but looking at what is happening in the world today, there are clear indicators of where the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review is headed -- to a change to the current military posture. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell
Plenty of Resources, But Even Greater Demand The politics of military spending have reached fever pitch as Congress attempts to pass the Defense Department's fiscal year 2008 budget and weighs massive war spending requests. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2010
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
'Perfect Storm' for Defense Is Here, For Real This Time There have been many warnings in recent years about a "perfect storm" threatening U.S. defense spending. These dire predictions so far have not been taken seriously as military budgets doubled during the past decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell
Defense Budget Sets Stage for Tough Choices Ahead As Congress continues to dissect the details of the Bush administration's proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2008, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the nation's military faces a worrisome financial future. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2008
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Difficult Choices Lie Ahead for The Nation's Military Services Much discussion -- even hand wringing -- is taking place among the military, Congress and defense industry about where finite resources need to be placed. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
The Coming Challenge for Defense As we observe ongoing war developments, defense strategy and budget trends, it is impossible to not notice that red flags are everywhere. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2005
Roxana Tiron
Pentagon Strategists Ponder Value of High-Tech Weapons The Pentagon's sweeping review of strategy and programs is expected to bolster investments in sensors, networks, information technology and precision-guided munitions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2012
Berteau & Murdock
Defense Department Must Prepare for Deeper Budget Cuts The post-election bargaining over taxes and government spending will be intense and hard-fought. The Defense Department needs to make it clear to all the players what the real consequences for the nation's security are of ill-considered, deep cuts to a defense budget that is already on the decline. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2010
Tom Captain
Defense Affordability: Can We Buy Only What We Need? Military acquisition budgets globally are flattening out and declining. Large scale multi-billion dollar programs are running over budget and being delayed. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2013
Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.
Fresh Thinking Needed in Quadrennial Defense Review In order to maintain a robust national defense enterprise, we must make hard choices about systems, people, force structure, infrastructure, investments, operations and management. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2009
John Keller
Finally, a DOD budget request; now Congress can get to work Congress is facing a defense budget proposal from the Obama Administration of $663.8 billion -- $533.8 billion in discretionary spending and $130 billion to pay for fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Gates Reshapes the Budget, Can He Change the Culture? Defense Secretary Robert Gates' reshuffle of the Pentagon's $1.7 trillion weapons portfolio contained no major surprises. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2008
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Impending Collision Between Military Needs and Resources The latest release of the federal budget request to Congress and the submission of the military services' unfunded requirements lists are clear indicators of the serious fiscal problems the nation must confront. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
In the Latest Pentagon Strategy, Uncertainty Rules An elaborate plan recently unveiled by the Defense Department aims to prepare the military services to cope with a wide range of threats to national security during the next 20 years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2010
Thomas A. Benes
How Will the Defense Industry Adjust to New Fiscal Realities? Given the country's current fiscal and political environment, everyone, including defense industry leaders, is expecting changes in military spending and acquisition policy. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Administration's Defense Strategy Precedes Budget: A Good First Step It has been just over a year since former Defense Secretary Robert Gates started a $100 billion efficiencies campaign wherein the savings were redistributed within the Pentagon's budget top line. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Follow the Bouncing Ball of Defense, Federal Budgets: Disoriented Yet? Across the entire spectrum of military programs, affordability has become a predominant theme. As one senior official said, "It is no longer readiness at any cost, it is readiness at best value." mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2004
David M. Walker
Defense Transformation: A Battle the U.S. Cannot Afford to Lose A crunch is coming. Although national defense and homeland security have received generous funding in recent years, this cannot continue indefinitely. Defense budgets of the future almost certainly will be tighter. It is time to recognize that we are in a fiscal hole, and stop digging. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Strategy Drills Air Force strategists preparing for an upcoming war game are setting their sights on 2025, mapping out scenarios for how the service will organize, equip and train its forces two decades from now. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra Erwin
Defense Procurement: Hard Decisions `Kicked Down the Road' Will the escalating costs of the war in Iraq and the rising price tags of weapon systems eventually result in the cliched Defense Department budget train wreck so many analysts have predicted for several years now? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2010
Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.
Military Spending: How Much Defense Will the American People Support? The American public must become better educated about the budget process and national security. Citizens should be aware that the current trends of government spending can be ruinous and unsustainable. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Can the Pentagon Break its Addiction to Supplementals? This Gotterdammerung -- also known as the end of supplemental budgets -- is being met with a mix of anxiety and resignation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
May 2008
Veronique de Rugy
The Trillion-Dollar War The War on Terror is now more expensive than Vietnam or World War I -- but the dishonest way Washington is paying for it may prove costliest of all. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2007
Stew Magnuson
Aging Aircraft, War Costs Weigh Heavily in Future Budgets The Senate Appropriations Committee staffer acknowledged the conundrum the Air Force is facing. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Stew Magnuson
Air Force Modernization Plans on Track The Bush administration's proposed budget for fiscal year 2007 not only preserves the service's key acquisition accounts, but also contains seed money to begin research and development for new generations of aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Winter 2005/2006
Ryan Henry
Defense Transformation and the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review As the Department of Defense enters its third Quadrennial Defense Review this year, it is important to understand how central the QDR has become to the work of the department -- and how different this QDR is compared to its predecessors. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Cash-Flow Troubles Continue Despite Hefty Emergency Allowance For the Army, the upcoming budget season is shaping up to be a competition between "boots" and "hardware," even though officials have argued that they should not have to trade one for the other. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
What the Latest U.S. Budget Crisis Means for the Future of Defense Even if defense survives significant 2012 budget cuts, the probability is that 2013 or 2014 will be very tough years for military budgets. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2013
Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.
10 Reasons to Reform U.S. National Security Policy The U.S. security enterprise must be reformed to bring foreign policy in line with national values, and to enable improved fiscal health at the federal level. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2010
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Budget Debate: Resources Should Match the Strategy Defense Secretary Robert Gates in recent speeches has covered the waterfront of the financial challenges facing the defense establishment as well as the nation. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2009
Eric Bleeker
Juice Your Defense-Investing Returns What works in defense investing today might be a relic tomorrow. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Sandra Erwin
Defense Watch: Fiscal Storm on the Horizon The nation's soaring budget deficits will leave future administrations--whether they are Republican or Democrat--no choice but to cut defense. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Tony Capaccio
A Peace Dividend from Troop Withdrawals Obama's budget for Iraq and Afghanistan is said to tumble 26 percent - the lowest amount since 2005. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Nader Elhefnawy
National Mobilization: An Option in Future Conflicts? Despite a great deal of hand-wringing on the part of social critics, the really difficult question was not asked: Would a World War II-scale mobilization even have been possible after 9/11 if it had been deemed an appropriate response? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2005
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Military Not the Only Solution To Gaps in Disaster Response At a time of tightening budgets and competing priorities for defense and homeland security funds, one of the most contentious issues being debated at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill is whether the Defense Department should take primary responsibility in disaster response and relief operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2014
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Defense Strategy in a Square Corner A square corner is an apt description of the situation now facing the Defense Department. It has a strategy laid out in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review that could not possibly be executed with its current resources. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Andrew Tonner
Are Defense Stocks Really This Cheap? This out-of-favor sector could provide some serious bargains. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2009
Gregory S. Martin
Achieving Balance Over Time Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been articulate and decisive in moving the Defense Department, military services and agencies toward a more "balanced" force. But will this balance be applicable in years to come? mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
September 2011
Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Military Rivalries Rekindled Over `Roles and Missions' The team spirit seen on the front lines typically does not translate into affable negotiations at the Pentagon's budget table, where the services wage bureaucratic wars for their share of a $420 billion defense pie. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
More Than Money, Defense Needs Compelling Narrative Pentagon watchers already are warning that this is no time for business as usual, considering the domestic political climate and the fiscal crunch that could put defense spending in the cross hairs of a future deficit-reduction deal. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2014
Dan Parsons
Special Operations a Valuable Tool In Dealing With Bloody African Conflicts Deploying small numbers of specially trained troops, namely Army Special Operations Forces that are well versed in supporting indigenous troops, can pay dividends, said Michael D. Lumpkin, assistant secretary of defense. mark for My Articles similar articles
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003
Fate Worse than Debt: Can the U.S. Deficit Rise to $45.47 Trillion? The U.S. government's future obligations outweigh its projected revenues so heavily that it would need a permanent income tax increase of 66% or the immediate elimination of all federal discretionary spending to put it on track for balancing its finances. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2006
John Keller
Military Aircraft Funding to Peak This Year, Decline Over Next Decade U.S. military aircraft spending will peak this year at $47 billion, and decline to $41 billion in 2017, predict analysts of the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2004
Washington Pulse Civilians Also Need `Joint' Training... Navy Will Push to Keep 12 Aircraft Carriers... What's on the Air Force Chief's Mind... Army Ponders Spending Priorities... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Gates' Rules Don't Apply to Navy Shipbuilding Intense pressure from members of Congress who want to protect employment at the nation's top shipyards will limit the Pentagon's options as it begins a sweeping review of military strategy and equipment needs. mark for My Articles similar articles