defense spending
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The president had requested a 23 billion dollar increase. But the Democratic plan would eliminate raises for most defense programs.
December 08, 2010 -
The Defense authorization bill has been on the Senate calendar, and off the Senate calendar. Now it\'s on again. The Senate majority leader is now promising to bring a 2011 defense authorization bill to the floor for a vote.
November 18, 2010 -
In addition to cuts in federal pay and furloughs for government workers the commission also wants to roll back defense spending. Carl Conetta, Co-Director of the Project on Defense Alternatives, says we\'re on the right track with defense cuts.
November 16, 2010 -
The world has changed and the United States Air Force must change too, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said at the National Press Club.
October 15, 2010 -
Congress is getting ready to sink its teeth into the massive shifts in defense spending proposed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
September 27, 2010 -
The Pentagon\'s top watchdog has abandoned efforts to do in-depth audits of defense contracts, leaving billions of dollars in taxpayer money at risk because of overpayments and fraud, according to an investigative report due to be made public Thursday.
September 08, 2010 -
SECDEF Gates announced Monday his plan to move $100 billion in spending from back-office functions to war fighter needs.
August 10, 2010 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he wants to trim some of the billions of dollars the Pentagon spends on weapons systems and contractor services, part of a Pentagon-wide effort to find $100 billion in savings in the next five years. Todd Harrison with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has suggestions for starting points.
June 30, 2010 -
Within the defense budget, a debate has been developing for some time between funding the personnel-related areas and the equipment-related areas. We get details from Todd Harrison with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis.
June 08, 2010 -
Sec. Gates orders a top-to-bottom review to find at least $10 billion in annual savings.
May 19, 2010 -
When Congress passed the Tobacco bill, many federal and postal workers and retirees got short-changed because it moved so quickly. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they have a fighting chance to recoup some of those losses in the pending Defense Authorization battle between the House and Senate.
September 14, 2009 -
Tomorrow is the expected release date of the FY2010 DoD budget recommendation from Secretary Gates. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn talked about the change in priorities in that budget at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space…
May 06, 2009 -
This Thursday Defense Secretary Robert Gates will release the Pentagon’s FY 2010 budget. Secretary Gates has talked about what priorities the budget will contain. The Senate Armed Services Committee called two experts on every aspect…
May 04, 2009 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a tour of the military’s war colleges. On Friday he spoke at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Among the topics of discussion: what the military can…
April 20, 2009 -
Wolf weighs in on reporting guidelines, the Defense budget, and relations with Cuba.
April 09, 2009