Friday, November 19, 2010

U.S. Defense Budget -- News Updates November 19, 2010


Defense-Spending Bill Enters Uncharted Waters -- Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—Political upheaval in Washington has upended the Pentagon's traditional budget cycle, creating serious uncertainty for the military and the defense industry.

At issue is passage of two bills that set spending priorities for the Pentagon: the national defense authorization act and the defense appropriations bill. In an unusual turn of events, neither bill has been passed for the new fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.

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More News On The U.S. Defense Budget

Pentagon In The Fiscal Crosshairs -- Time Magazine
U.S. urged to cut military edge to help plug deficit -- Reuters
A Second Group of Experts Calls for Cutting Military Programs to Lower U.S. Debt -- New York Times
Group calls Defense budget cuts critical to reducing deficit -- Government Executive
Domenici-Rivlin Panel Targets Missile Defense, Satellite Imagery for Cuts -- Space News
Gates Criticizes Deficit Panel’s Proposed Cuts in U.S. Defense -- Bloomberg
McKeon Predicts Battle Over Potential U.S. Defense Cuts -- Defense News
Want To Cut Defense? Maybe Give The Military a Breather, Then -- The Danger Room
Cut a hole in the defense doughnut: In age of austerity, the military can no longer be untouchable -- James T. Hackett, The Washington Times
Keep America strong: Make cuts at the Defense Department -- Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
Surprise! A Pentagon Spending Hike -- Leslie Gelb, Council On Foreign Relations

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