Command Post: "OK...I'll Bite: Why is Cutting the Defense Budget So Tough?"
Source: TIME.com's Battleland Blog
Journalist: Mark Thompson
CNAS Authors: Dr. Nora Bensahel, Dr. John A. Nagl
Original Post: OK...I'll Bite: Why is Cutting the Defense Budget So Tough?
Type: CNAS Commentary
Project(s): U.S. Military Forces and Operations, U.S. National Security and Defense Policy
People: Dr. Nora Bensahel, Dr. John A. Nagl
Journalist: Mark Thompson
CNAS Authors: Dr. Nora Bensahel, Dr. John A. Nagl
Original Post: OK...I'll Bite: Why is Cutting the Defense Budget So Tough?
Type: CNAS Commentary
October 6, 2011 — So just what is it that makes cutting the defense budget so difficult? How much is objectively hard, and how much is subjective, due to pork, politics and precedent? John Nagl, of the Center for a New American Security, and I discuss the topic with Todd Harrison, of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and Nora Benshahel, a defense analyst at CNAS, to try to figure out why it's so tough to wield the budgetary knife.
Related:Project(s): U.S. Military Forces and Operations, U.S. National Security and Defense Policy
People: Dr. Nora Bensahel, Dr. John A. Nagl
