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    ‘Geriatric’ U.S. Arsenal Needs Expensive Face-Lift

    September 15, 2011
    SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 By: NATHAN HODGE The Wall Street Journal-WSJ.com When Lt. David A. Deptula II, an Air Force pilot, climbed into his fighter plane at Kadena Air Force Base in Japan in 2008, it wasn’t the first time a pilot named David Deptula had been at the controls. [...]
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    China’s Challenge at Sea

    September 5, 2011

    By: Aaron L. Friedberg
    September 4th, 2011 The New York Times

    AMERICA’S fiscal woes are placing the country on a path of growing strategic risk in Asia.

    With Democrats eager to protect social spending and Republicans anxious to avoid tax hikes, and both saying the national debt must be [...]

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    Budget crisis threatens defense

    September 2, 2011

    By Adm. James A. Lyons, The Washington Times
    Wednesday, August 31, 2011

    There is no question that the Department of Defense is facing a budget crisis, which, if not managed properly, will have far-reaching consequences for our national security. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, before departing the Pentagon, [...]

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    Boykin: More Special Operations Not the Answer

    September 2, 2011

    By:  Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin, Roll Call
    August 19th, 2011

    The operation to kill Osama bin Laden on May 1 was a fine example of the extraordinary capabilities of America’s special operations forces.

    Furthermore, it was only one of many clandestine missions that special operation forces have [...]

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    IAM&AW, AIA Oppose Cuts to Aerospace and Defense

    September 1, 2011

    September 02, 2011

    The International Association of Machinists and the Aerospace Industries Association sent a letter to President Obama Sept. 1 urging him to preserve the aerospace and defense industry and its high-skilled workforce.

    “As you finalize proposals to save and create American jobs, we urge you to consider [...]

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    Paving the way to World War III

    August 30, 2011

    By: James Carafano
    August 29th, 2011 The Washington Examiner

    Today’s terrorists can not match Gavrilo Princip.

    When the nineteen-year old member of the Black Hand shot the Archduke of Serbia and his wife, he didn’t kill just two royals. He triggered World War I … and more than 37 [...]

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    Defense spending isn’t the place to skimp

    August 30, 2011
    By Rebeccah Heinrichs Sunday, August 28th, 2011 The Daily Caller In a private meeting before the debt ceiling vote, several Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee urged House Speaker John Boehner to appoint a hawk to the super committee charged with reducing the deficit. His mission: defend the defense [...]
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    At DoD, a Search for More Cuts

    August 28, 2011

    By: MARCUS WEISGERBER
    Sunday, August 28th, 2011 Defense News

    The U.S. military services have revised their 2013 budget proposals as they work to meet a White House goal of cutting hundreds of billions of dollars in planned spending over the next decade.

    The updated proposals reflect mandatory reductions signed [...]

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    Lawmakers criticize defense cuts after report on China’s military buildup

    August 28, 2011
    By John T. Bennett Sunday, August 28th, 2011 The Hill

    Conservative lawmakers and analysts are seizing upon the Pentagon’s finding that China is “closing the gap” with other militaries to criticize the Obama administration’s plans to pare U.S. defense spending.

    The critics say the president does not fully grasp the [...]

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    Pentagon mulls ways to make major cuts

    August 28, 2011
    The Washington Times
    Friday, August 26, 2011 The Pentagon is considering a range of options to meet a bipartisan call to greatly reduce defense spending in what is a “perfect storm” rocking the military’s once-plump budget plans.

    The Army is looking at taking down combat brigades and ending some [...]

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