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Senators Look to Block Budget Deal’s Cut to Military Retirement
Senators blocked a proposal to restore $6 billion in cuts to military retirees as part of the budget deal, but the issue will be back when the Senate reconvenes at the start of 2014.
Call Made to Congress for China War Plan
/../Chinese defense spending has increased from an estimated $45 to $60-billion annually in 2003 to $115 to $200 billion today, said Jim Thomas, vice president and director of studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Rep. Forbes: Make China Bleed $$$; Budget Deal Stops ‘Hemorrhaging’
Why don’t we make the bad guys bleed money for a change? That’s the strategic insight that helped us win the Cold War, and it seems especially timely today as the nation wobbles back – we hope – from the brink of yet another budget crisis.
New Budget Deal Still Leaves Big DoD Funding Gap
Capitol Hill's budget deal is good news for the Pentagon.
No Clear Strategy On China, Experts Say
No real US strategy exists right now for dealing with China, even as the country challenges the territorial status quo of nearby Asian waters, several experts said Wednesday.
Budget Deal Seen as Boon to Pentagon. So Why Wouldn’t Veterans Be Happy?
The budget deal released to much fanfare at a Capitol Hill press conference this week, if approved, would allow the Pentagon to breathe a sigh of relief, since it would side-step the most dire of the threatened across-the-board cuts to its bottom line/.../