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Placebo: The 2014 Defense Budget and DOD’s Credibility Challenges
The president’s Fiscal Year 2014 defense budget request is a placebo, a placeholder with no effect. It exceeds the budget caps imposed by the Budget Control Act’s automatic sp...
By Travis Sharp
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Sequestration Is Irresponsible
Sequestration is an irresponsible way to reduce defense spending. The sudden and inflexible process for implementing cuts under sequestration will unnecessarily damage America...
By Travis Sharp
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SOF Power
Special operations forces are one of the big winners in the Obama administration's new Pentagon budget request released this week. The budget cuts hundreds of billions of doll...
By Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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The Pentagon's Way Forward
The new defense guidance and budget request released by the Pentagon can best be described as “pivot-but-hedge” approaches to global engagement. Set against the backdrop of re...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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You Can't Have It All
On Thursday, President Barack Obama and his top defense advisers unveiled new strategic guidance to direct the U.S. military as it transitions from a decade of grueling ground...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Hard Choices for Ground Forces
Given today's fiscal constraints, together with a shift of emphasis to the Indo-Pacific Rim, the United States should make plans to reduce the Army and Marine Corps to roughly...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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As Debt Grows, So Does U.S. Exposure to Attack
On Wednesday, President Obama grabbed onto one of the most highly charged issues in American politics: deficit reduction. The president’s speech offered a sensible way forward...
By Travis Sharp
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Cyber Sanity
Despite a ballooning federal debt and intense pressures on the federal budget, cyber security has become Washington’s new growth industry. The U.S. government has spent over $...
By Kristin M. Lord & Travis Sharp
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Go Inside The $56 Billion ‘Black’ Budget
The Pentagon dropped its $533 billion budget this week. Some line items get a thorough public debate — like stealth jet engines and soldier health care. Others have opaque nam...
By Travis Sharp
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The Right Cuts
"To amass military power without regard to our economic capacity would be to defend ourselves against one kind of disaster by inviting another," said U.S. President Dwight D. ...
By Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)