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    Senate Leaders Warn Against Defense Cuts, Highlight State Economic Breakdown

    April 5, 2012

    On Thursday, March 29th Senator Jon Kyl was joined by Senators Inhofe, McCain, Vitter, Ayotte, Rubio and Graham at a press conference to warn Americans about the dangers of further defense cuts.  The Senators addressed both the strategic and economic threats, and Senator Kyl also highlighted the Center’s State Defense [...]

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    FPI Bulletin: President Still Silent on How to Halt Devastating Defense Cuts

    April 4, 2012

    4/4/12

    From FPI Policy Director Robert Zarate and Policy Analyst Evan Moore

    In a high-profile speech yesterday, President Obama took aim at the budget plan put forward by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) that seeks to reverse looming, across-the-board cuts to national defense that automatically kick in [...]

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    Ryan’s Budget Protects Defense

    April 3, 2012

    3/27/12

    By: ARTHUR C. BROOKS, EDWIN J. FEULNER AND WILLIAM KRISTOL
    Wall Street Journal

    In an election year, it’s all too easy for politicians to defer hard choices until after the polls have closed in November. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) has taken the more difficult [...]

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    Obama’s Defense Budget Makes Protecting America its Lowest Priority

    April 3, 2012

    3/1/12

    By: Baker Spring
    Heritage Foundation

    Source: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/03/obamas-defense-budget-makes-protecting-america-its-lowest-priority

    Abstract: Despite Administration claims to the contrary, President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for FY 2013 would reduce national defense to the lowest of the major budget priorities of the federal government. The combination of the budget request and the Budget Control Act [...]

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    Obama’s Shift-to-Asia Budget Is a Hollow Shell Game

    March 15, 2012

    By: Mackenzie Eaglen

    If you take the Administration’s word for it, the most recent defense budget represents a sober-minded and far-thinking strategic shift from the Middle East to Asia, creating a smaller, high-tech force oriented increasingly towards inter-state conflict and deterrence. Many are even comparing the Pentagon’s current [...]

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    Budget cuts endanger nuclear deterrence

    March 7, 2012

    By Rear Adm. James J. Carey
    Richmond Times-Dispatch 

    In his recent Commentary column, “America needs a strong deterrent strategy,” retired Brig. Gen. Joel McKean gave great insight into the importance of a strong military deterrent against Iranian and North Korean nuclear missiles, but he didn’t address a crucial issue: sequestration. [...]

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    Deep defense cuts

    March 6, 2012

    By Lt. Colonel Orson Swindle III (Ret.)
    The Miami Herald

     

    Beyond cuts to one missile-defense system mentioned in the March 1 article Clinton, Panetta defend administration on Israel, the massive defense cuts in the recent Pentagon budget and looming under budget sequestration next year could devastate other capabilities that [...]

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    Nuclear threats and defense cuts

    March 6, 2012

    By Rear Admiral Ernie Elliot (ret.)
    Chicago Tribune 

    Your Feb. 22 editorial “Two threats, no waiting” warned of the nuclear threat posed by both Iran and North Korea but failed to address how recently proposed trillion-dollar defense cuts could weaken our missile defenses, cancel next-generation fighter jets and ICBMs, and [...]

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    Budget cuts will affect our troops

    March 5, 2012

    By: Maj. Gen. Richard Cooke (Ret.)
    Fayetteville Observer

    Big cuts are coming to the Pentagon, but no one has explained how these cuts will affect our national security or our troops.

    One thing is certain: the bulk of these cuts will come from funding for replacing worn-out equipment and [...]

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    Don’t destroy our security

    March 5, 2012

    By: Lt. Gen. Garry Trexler USAF (Ret.)
    Knoxville News Sentinel

    While the economy seems to be picking up steam (“Editorial: Recovery finally has positive effect on the job market”), economists say that Congress’ budgeting-by-chainsaw policy of “sequestration” could raise the unemployment rate back above 9 percent, and defense experts [...]

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