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Analyst Critical of Navy’s Ohio Replacement Submarine Funding Strategy
A senior budget analyst said the Navy should ask for a plus-up of its shipbuilding account to fund the Ohio Replacement ballistic-missile submarine rather than using a separate account outside of its budget.
The Pentagon’s New Fiscal Cliff
President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans say they want to boost Pentagon spending by tens of billions of dollars next year — but that’s just budget theater.
Peeling the Onion Back on the Pentagon’s Special Operations Budget
The U.S. special operations budget has been seen as one of the most stable parts of the Defense Department’s $560 billion budget in recent years.
Members Poised to Shred Experts’ Report on Military Pay, Benefits
Starting this week, a long-simmering fight over pay and benefits for U.S. military personnel will boil over. And it could stay hot for years.
Will Congress Act on Military Pay and Benefits?
Lawmakers are vowing to approach a long-awaited commission report on military pay and benefits with open minds, but skepticism is already growing that Congress will do much — if anything — to act on the commission’s recommended reforms.
Will Russia’s Sub-Building Boom Matter?
The Russian Navy's submarine force is on a roll. Four different kinds of submarines are under construction and more are coming. The country expects to lay down five new nuclear submarines in 2015.