Todd Harrison

A long-time defense analyst joins the defense industry

For anyone in Washington wanting to understand something in the Defense Department budget, Todd Harrison has been a go-to analyst. Now, after seven years…

Budget

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Interpreting the Biden administration’s Defense budget request

Defense

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

The Biden administration’s proposed Defense budget is going to force some tough choices

Budget

Don’t expect same defense spending priorities under a Biden administration

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

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer attends a Senate Armed Services hearing Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Navy says its readiness is improving, but progress is fragile

Setting up a space force might be cheaper than first expected, estimate says

Defense News

How the continuing resolution affects the efficiency of DoD

Defense

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Could avoiding a shutdown trigger sequestration?

Budget

Todd Harrison: Another CR isn’t a sure thing

Federal Drive

Congress is using a $28.6 billion fund as a sequestration bargaining chip

A fund in the House defense appropriations bill is raising a lot of questions about congressional jurisdiction and the possibility of sequestration.

Defense News

If DoD gets its money this week, it will know how to spend it in a hurry

The Defense Department won’t have any problems spending money if Congress can pass a budget next week.

Defense News

Todd Harrison: Potential impact of proposed defense budget increase in fiscal 2018

Federal Drive

At the top of the 2018 budget proposal debate list is the ten percent increase in Defense spending. Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what little is known about where those additional billions would go.