Photo from Visiting DCDefense Spending As Economic Stimulus? -- DoD Buzz
Tomorrow morning, Defense Secretary Robert Gates goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss “Challenges facing the Defense Department.” Let’s hope the hearing doesn’t degenerate into a debate about the Iraq withdrawal timeline. While that’s certainly an important topic, DOD faces real challenges, specifically on future strategy, force structure, weapons programs and budget, and it would be really nice to hear Gates’ lay out his ideas on how he hopes to address them.
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My Comment: U.S. military spending as an economic stimulus has never been a good idea. You buy for the military what is needed .... not to act as a jobs program.
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