Defense Cuts

Memorial Day Thoughts on National Defense

Robert Reich | Posted 05.27.2012

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Robert Reich

At a time when Medicare, Medicaid, and non-defense discretionary spending (including most programs for the poor, as well as infrastructure and basic R&D) are in serious jeopardy, Obama and the Democrats should be calling for even more defense cuts.

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Reid Stands Firm On Tough Cuts

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top Democratic ally in the Senate said Wednesday that he won't block much-feared automatic spending cuts to the...

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The Enemies We Love

Christopher Holshek | Posted 05.04.2012

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Christopher Holshek

Obama's proposed cuts, part of a strategic rebalancing towards greater investment in infrastructure, education, and other long-term sources of American strength, are relative -- at worst, they represent a flatlining of defense spending.

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Panetta Defends Controversial Plan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 04.15.2012

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the nation's top military leader on Tuesday defended the Pentagon's slimmed-down, $614 billion b...

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Lawmakers Concerned About Key Cuts Amid Deficit Resolve

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve...

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McCain, Kyl Unveil New Plan

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 04.03.2012

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WASHINGTON — Intent on sparing the Pentagon from deep spending cuts, top Senate Republicans on Thursday endorsed legislation that targets federa...

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Pentagon Leaders Outline New Plan To Cut Ground Forces

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon outlined a plan Thursday for slowing the growth of military spending, including cutting the size of the Army and Marin...

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David Wood

New Defense Strategy: Goodbye, Grunts, We Don't Need You Anymore

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 01.05.2012

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On guard duty at a remote outpost one hot, moonlit night in Afghanistan, when a soft wind carried the scents of dust and wood smoke and cattle, a 34-y...

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Obama To Reveal Defense Strategy

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the wars he inherited, President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a reshaping and shrinking of the military. He vow...

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How Revisionist Reporting Hurts Everyone

Max Stanley | Posted 02.14.2012

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Max Stanley

Media lapdogs are marked by stenographic tendencies, sympathetic frames and a reliance on industry jargon. Politico's latest report about Congressional Republicans working to undo looming defense cuts meets all three criteria.

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Defense Cuts Could Mean More Than A MIllion Lost Jobs Over Next Decade

Posted 12.14.2011

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(David Alexander) - Defense cuts that begin in the 2012 budget will ultimately cost up to 800,000 jobs, and additional spending reductions could p...

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Sam Stein

Barney Frank: Majority Of Democrats Will Support Amending Defense Cut Trigger

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Retiring Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spilled a few beans on Sunday morning when he said a majority of Democrats would sign off on...

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Super Congress Fail May Not Hurt Pentagon

AOL Defense | By Colin Clark | Posted 12.02.2011

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WASHINGTON: President Obama's defense budget for 2013 implements the start of the $500 billion in budget cuts required by the Budget Control Act but d...

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50/50 Split on Defense/Non-Defense Cuts the Result of GOP's No-Tax Position

Bob Greenstein | Posted 01.23.2012

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Bob Greenstein

If Congress backs away from the automatic cuts in defense that the Budget Control Act calls for, the GOP will have little incentive to negotiate a balanced deficit-reduction deal. Their top priorities, tax cuts and defense programs, will both be protected

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Obama Holds Firm on Defense Cuts After the Super Committee's Demise

Joel Rubin | Posted 01.23.2012

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Joel Rubin

While the super committee failed to ensure that all Americans pay their fair share to fix our nation's economy, already the voices that helped get us into this mess are threatening to put us in an even worse place.

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Curtains For The U.S. Military Industrial Base?

Ian Fletcher | Posted 01.22.2012

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Ian Fletcher

The failure of the so-called super committee to agree on other spending cuts has finally brought the axe down on U.S. defense spending, and it's really going to hurt this time.

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'It Is Like Holding A Gun To Your Own Head'

Nashua Patch | Robert Michaelson | Posted 11.21.2011

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The Republican candidate zoned in on military defense and foreign policy issues as he addressed employees of the defense and security company. He b...

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Little-Known Committee Pushing Corporate Change For The Military

Mother Jones | Adam Weinstein | Posted 11.21.2011

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With time fast running out for the so-called deficit supercommittee, the mammoth amount of government money spent on the military has become a prime t...

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Amid Failure, Lawmakers Scramble To Avoid Super Committee Triggers

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.21.2012

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WASHINGTON — Don't look for the Pentagon to shut down one side of its famous five-sided building. Don't expect the Education Department to pull ...

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Sam Stein

Super Committee Member Jon Kyl Turns Eye Towards Saving Pentagon From Trigger Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) a member of the congressional super committee charged with devising a plan to shrink the national debt, pledge...

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Pouring More Money Into the Military Is Not a Solution

Danielle Brian | Posted 01.18.2012

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Danielle Brian

The "cuts" Panetta fears so much are not reductions in actual military spending, they're reductions in what the DoD has planned to spend. So why is he evoking Cold War warnings and trying to create hysteria?

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Sam Stein

Obama Warns Super Committee Co-Chairs Not To Change Triggers In Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- With the deadline fast approaching for the congressional super committee to make its deficit reduction recommendations, President Barack...

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'There's Not Going To Be A Tax Increase'

The Hill | Bernie Becker | Posted 01.11.2012

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Grover Norquist isn't worried about a GOP supercomittee proposal on taxes because he thinks Democrats want the panel to fail to reach a deal. ...

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Pentagon Sounds Dire Warning On Cuts

AOL Defense | Carlo Munoz | Posted 01.11.2012

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Pentagon: It's official: the Pentagon will get roughly halfway to the Obama administration's goal of cutting up to $500 billion in defense spending ov...

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Deficit-Cutting Committee Deadlocked As Clock Ticks

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — With Congress' supercommittee stymied, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday of a "paper tiger" Pentagon if the panel fail...

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