Obama Defense

Don't Kid Yourself -- The F-22 Lives

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics


Chris Kelly

The defense budget is being cut in the sense that it's going up. The F-22 has been killed in sense that we've appropriated all the money we need to keep building them until we have to think about it again. The good news is that we're calling bad news good news.

Jason Linkins

First Shot Fired In Defense Budget Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics


No one in politics ever looks bad vowing to "take on the lobbyists," and in his latest YouTube missive, President Barack Obama got downright bellicose...

Sam Stein

Obama White House Losing Patience On Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


Underscoring the reality that GOP opposition to the stimulus seems firmly entrenched, the Obama administration mounted a more aggressive stance in fav...

Sam Stein

Obama Staffs Defense, Danzig's Future Up In Air

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


The Obama transition team announced on Thursday afternoon the staffing of key positions in the Department of Defense, ending a process that proved a b...

Sam Stein

Pentagon Problems: Obama Runs Into Delays Staffing Defense Team

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics


President-elect Barack Obama has run into some difficulty staffing the top rungs at the Department of Defense, with the expected short tenure of Secre...

Obama Ousting Top Bush Pentagon Officials

Washington Post | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics


Although President-elect Barack Obama's decision to keep Robert M. Gates at the helm of the Pentagon will provide a measure of continuity for a milita...

A Progressive Case for Gates

Max Bergmann | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


Max Bergmann

In keeping Gates, Obama is actually indicating that he is very serious about instituting significant reform of the Pentagon.

Sam Stein

Obama's National Security Team: Questions All About Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


Barack Obama rolled out his national security team on Monday morning, bringing together a group of highly qualified stars tasked with carrying out his...