The Pentagon's Black Hole
It's not that DOD is flunking audits. You flunk an audit when you track the money and find it was not spent as intended. DOD cannot track the money; the Department of Defense is unauditable.
It's not that DOD is flunking audits. You flunk an audit when you track the money and find it was not spent as intended. DOD cannot track the money; the Department of Defense is unauditable.
Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
In looking at Obama's first year, we must not fall into the typical trap that pits idealism against pragmatism, where the virtuous line up against the effective, and the purists fight the negotiators.
Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
The future of Western combat aviation today rests largely on one airplane: The Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
After the practice was publicly identified in recent debates, the Congressional Armed Services Committees seem to have reduced one of their own more obnoxious, anti-defense, pro-pork activities.
Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
After a long fight, Gates and President Obama ultimately prevailed this summer in ending further F-22 production. Game over. Right? Anyone who thinks so doesn't appreciate the staying power of Congress' porkers.
Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
In 30 years on Capitol Hill, I never saw Congress mangle the defense budget as badly as this year. Despite that, I see signs that we might be on the cusp of a change for the better.
AP | By ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama weighs major shifts in strategy in the deteriorating mission in Afghanistan, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bi...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
How does it happen that Wall Street was able to convince Congress to deregulate their industry, to be in a position to bring the economy down?
AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Robert Gates is on a roll. Question is, how long will it last? The politically savvy defense secretary scored big legislative wins...
Gordon Adams | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
For a major program to emerge, thrive, and survive, it takes three players: the service that wants and will advocate for the program, a contractor for whom the program is major business, and members of Congress.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
President Obama won a major victory in the Senate Tuesday in a dogfight that has major, long-term implications for his agenda. The Senate, by a vote ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
The F-22 stealth fighter jets may no longer be needed, but its manufacturers, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, are lobbying aggressively to keep them in th...
Tom Andrews | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
The Defense bill Congress takes up today is less about meeting the national defense needs of the United States and more about meeting the pork-barrel political needs of Washington politicians.
Bernard I. Finel | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
Let us make no mistake; the new defense budget unveiled earlier this month marks the final victory of the neoconservative worldview.
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has chalked up a quick victory in its drive to kill an expensive jet fighter better suited for the Cold Wa...
John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
Why is America becoming so deeply involved in the mess that is Afghanistan?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics
Hello. Please to enjoy the following remix of the NOM "Gathering Storm Of Gay Marriage" commercial! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Meghan McCain's media s...
bloomberg.com | Lee J. Miller | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business
April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. had the "best outcome" from the U.S. Defense Department's proposed budget announced this week, with Boein...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
It's been so long since I've bothered to read The Page that yesterday's instance of Mark Halperin using Time magazine as a venue for his kindergarten ...
Government Executive | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended major changes in the Pentagon's procurement priorities and acquisition practices, and said the de...
Robert Scheer | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
While Obama promised an end to the Iraq disaster, he once again left open the door to the United States being trapped in an even more treacherous quagmire in Afghanistan.
Robert Scheer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
The DNC's attack on McCain speaks volumes to the bipartisan gut-checking in favor of military waste that has led us to squander trillions of taxpayer dollars since 9/11.
Robert Scheer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
Will the real John McCain stand up? Actually, I don't expect him to, now that he is the Republican presidential candidate, he is pandering to the irrationalities that drive his party.
Bryan Bissell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
A group of 125 college students listened to Ben Cohen, of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, talk about changing the priorities of the budget.
Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics