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Trump Seeks Record Military Budget, but the Search Is On for Spending Cuts, TooPresident Donald Trump last week promised that the new Defense Department budget will be the first ever to reach $1 trillion....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see itGen. Joe Dunford, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has finished his new edition of the National Military strategy — but currently has no plans to roll out a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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FY19 budget puts US ‘back to a position of primacy,’ Mattis saysROME – A new budget agreement in Congress, coupled with the fiscal year 2019 budget, has given the Pentagon the ramp it needs to begin reshaping the U.S. military, defense sec...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Trump Proposes 10% Bump for the Pentagon — Then Four Flat YearsThe Trump administration is proposing $3.6 trillion in Pentagon spending over the next five years, a budget that defense officials said positions the military to better compet...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Investigators Repeatedly Warned Navy Ahead of Deadly CollisionsCongressional investigators and military officials warned repeatedly about overworked sailors, shortened training schedules and budget cuts in the years leading up to two fata...
By Amy Schafer
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10 U.S. Navy Sailors Missing After Destroyer Collides With Tanker Off SingaporeThe destroyer USS John S McCain collided with a merchant vessel near Singapore early Monday local time. Ten U.S. Navy sailors are missing, and five were injured. This is the f...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Congress is using a $28.6 billion fund as a sequestration bargaining chipTucked in the House legislation funding the Defense Department for 2018 is a provision that basically gives the Pentagon a $28.6 billion check to spend however it desires. The...
By Lauren Fish
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Former DoD Comptroller Hale Offers Cost-Cutting Reform AgendaThe year-end ritual across the Defense Department is “use it or lose it,” with employees racing to spend every last dollar on office equipment and information technology, hopi...
By Robert F. Hale
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Strategic Capabilities Office Preparing for New Programs, Next AdministrationIn Defense News, senior fellow Ben FitzGerald discusses the new programs in the Strategic Capabilities Office....
By Ben FitzGerald
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The Pentagon Reboots Its Silicon Valley OutpostIn Bloomberg, senior fellow Ben FizGerald notes the rudimentary difficulties facing the new DIUx program in Silicon Valley. ...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Carter Gambles with DIUx Direct ReportSenior fellow Ben FitzGerald analyzes former DIUx director George Duchak and the organization's recent changes in Defense News ...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Obama’s Pivot to Asia Staggers as Trade Deal Stalls in CongressIn Bloomberg, senior fellow Julianne Smith discusses the temporary nature of foreign policy accomplishments during the Obama administration...
By Julianne Smith
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Senate Defense Bill Would Blow Up DoD Acquisition Chief's JobSenior fellow Ben FitzGerald expresses his surprise after the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act reveals the position for Acquisition Chief will be terminated in Defense ...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense Secretary Revamps Pentagon Technology UnitIn The Wall Street Journal, senior fellows Loren D. Schulman and Ben FitzGerald analyze the DIUx reform as positive change rather than failure...
By Ben FitzGerald & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Leadership, Structural Changes for DoD Silicon Valley OfficeSenior fellow Ben FitzGerald suggests the best way to reform and recreate DIUx in Defense News...
By Ben FitzGerald & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Pentagon Reboots Silicon Valley Startup as Analysts Cite FlawsIn Bloomberg, senior fellows Ben FitzGerald and Loren D. Schulman discuss DIUx's past issues which inspired the new reforms...
By Ben FitzGerald & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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SecDef Carter Unveils DIUX 2.0; Cans Current LeadershipSenior fellows Loren D. Schulman and Ben FitzGerald discuss the Defense Secretary's positive reform changes to the Defense Innovation Unit (DIUx) in Breaking Defense...
By Ben FitzGerald & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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CNAS Press Note: The Defense Budget and the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) AccountStrategy and Statecraft Program Researcher Michelle Shevin-Coetzee has written a new press note as Congress debates the FY17 Defense Budget....
By Michelle Shevin-Coetzee
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Audio: Fri 11/6/15 Hr 2: Small Business is the Business of America: Gene Marks, Washington Post. Elbridge Colby, Center for New American Security.Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow Elbridge Colby discusses the need for the US to prepare for limited war on The John Batchelor Show....
By Elbridge Colby
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Can The Next President Afford To Follow Obama's Defense Spending Footsteps?CNAS is mentioned in regards to its report on the US nuclear arsenal in Forbes....
