Complete News And Analysis Of The QDR/Proposed Pentagon Budget

Obama Seeks Record $708 Bln In 2011 Defense Budget -- Reuters

Veto urged if Congress adds funds for scrapped programs.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Congress to approve a record $708 billion in defense spending for fiscal 2011, but vowed to continue his drive to eliminate unnecessary, wasteful weapons programs.

The budget calls for a 3.4 percent increase in the Pentagon's base budget to $549 billion plus $159 billion to fund U.S. military missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Obama's spending freeze on other parts of the budget, to try to rein in the deficit, did not apply to the military.

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More News On The QDR/Proposed Pentagon Budget

Obama 2011 budget request: Defense Department -- Washington Post/AP
Obama seeks $192B as war steps up in Afghanistan -- Washington Post/AP
Record $708 Billion Sought for Defense -- Wall Street Journal
U.S. Defense Budget Goes Up -- Aviation Week
DoD's $708.2B Budget Comes With Veto Threat -- Defense News
Review shows dramatic shift in Pentagon's thinking -- CNN
US military strategy to focus on 'multiple wars' -- BBC
Defense review examines many types of war -- UPI
Bigger changes are on the way for the US military -- The Guardian
Pentagon sets budget for wars of the future -- The Guardian
DoD sets priorities with 2011 budget, QDR -- Army Times
The Pentagon Report That Details Tomorrow's Military -- The Atlantic
Pentagon to Include Climate Change in Major New Defense Review -- Clean Technica
Review Aims to Rebalance Forces, Puts People First -- US Department of Defense
With Quadrennial Defense Review, Gates’ legendary pragmatism becomes his legacy -- Stars And Stripes
QDR: The Pentagon Hedges -- Cato&Liberty
Is the 2010 QDR Too Soft? -- John Noonan, Weekly Standard

What Are Some Of The Mil/Defense Blogs Saying

U.S. Defense Budget Goes Up -- Aviation Week
Pentagon to Augment Anti-WMD Capabilities -- Global Security Newswire
Quadrennial Defense Review 2010 is Out -- Armchair Generalist
Pentagon’s Black Budget Tops $56 Billion -- The Danger Room
Missile Defense Test Flops as U.S. Unveils New Strategy -- The Danger Room
QDR Signals JSF and Counterinsurgency Planes Live -- Defense Tech
QDR Blogging: The Long War is Over -- Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sec AF press release -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog
Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) Report Day -- Information Dissemination
The Only Pentagon Budget Chart That Matters -- Attackerman
‘No News’ QDR kicks some cans down the road -- Small Wars Journal
Gates' QDR Envisions a Do-It-All Military -- Defense News

Quadrennial Defense Review Report

Gates Submits 'Wartime' Defense Blueprint -- National Journal

Defense Secretary Gates has submitted a "wartime" Quadrennial Defense Review of military capabilities and requirements, balancing near-term priorities with the future needs of the force, according to a copy of the document obtained by CongressDaily.

"This is truly a wartime QDR," Gates wrote in an introductory letter accompanying the review, slated to be released Monday. "For the first time, it places the current conflicts at the top of our budgeting, policy, and program priorities, thus ensuring that those fighting America's wars and their families -- on the battlefield, in the hospital, or on the home front -- receive the support they need and deserve."

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QDR 2010 Hi-Lights -- Information Dissemination
QDR Kills Two MTW Strategy; Helos, UAVs Are Stars -- DoD Buzz
US military responsibilities to expand -- Financial Times
Defense review urges 'more and better' capabilities -- Government Executive
Pentagon review calls for 'more sophisticated' relationship with industry -- The Hill
Gates orders Air Force and Navy to study joint weapons system -- Washington Post
Pentagon Shifts Its Strategy to Small-Scale Warfare -- Wall Street Journal
China, Iran Prompt U.S. Air-Sea Battle Plan in Strategy Review -- Business Week
Afghan, Iraq wars shape Pentagon budget, US strategy -- AFP
Pentagon review to address climate change for the first time -- The Hill
Draft Defense Department budget avoids weapons cuts, adds aircraft -- Washington Post
Final Version of Four-Year Defense Review Leaked -- War Is Boring
The QDR-USAF-DOD deception -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog
QDR in its present form will not fix the USAF -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog