Mackenzie Eaglen

DoD is still unbalanced on readiness, but is it trying to do too much?

The National Defense Strategy asks DoD to counter near-peer competitors, Iran, North Korea and terrorism.

Defense

Coronavirus is hitting small defense companies, but there may be a silver lining

Defense

Is DoD’s top personnel and readiness job doomed?

Defense

Think tank lays out set of reforms for next Defense secretary

Defense

Military communities on BRAC: Let’s get on with it

Defense

Mackenzie Eaglen, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

In Depth Show Blog – Feb. 27, 2014

From left, right and center, analysts beg DoD to tackle overhead costs

Budget

DoD in denial about budget future, experts say

Federal Drive

In Depth interviews – July 30

Small contractors could be hit hardest under planned Defense spending cuts

DoD lectures Congress on budget ‘rules of the game’

Defense Deputy Secretary Ashton Carter said for every dollar lawmakers add to the military’s budget or for every program they continue that the Pentagon…

Federal Drive

On the show today – April 24

On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

Analysis: Panetta, Petraeus both ‘confirmable’ in new roles

Mackenzie Eaglen of the Heritage Foundation is here to offer some insight on the DoD-CIA swapping.