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Budget Crunch Could Unravel Navy’s New Deployment Plan
Many ships are sailing on cruises far beyond the once-standard six or seven months, and Navy leaders are eager to make these long and often unpredictable deployments the exception.
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An Afghanistan Drawdown Would Still Cost Billions
House lawmakers next week begin marking up the annual defense policy bill. The only problem is that the Pentagon hasn’t said how many U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan, and how much it will cost to keep them there.
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Troops Sent to Poland, Baltic Countries Not a War Indicator
President Barack Obama’s decision to send nearly 600 troops to Poland and other countries in the Baltic region is a political message and not a signal that the United States is contemplating going to war with Russia, according to defense experts.
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Army Vs. National Guard: Who Gets Those Apache Helicopters?
For decades the National Guard has fought hard against the stereotype that it was the place to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, or that it's a place to get college money rather than combat duty.
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President Obama Travels East, Still Pledging a ‘Pivot’
President Barack Obama leaves on a diplomatic trip to Asia on Wednesday. First stop, Japan. Then, on to other allies in the region—South Korea, the Phillippines and Malaysia. He’ll be talking economics, and trade, and cooperation—to try to signal to these Pacific Rim allies that the U.S. is serious about its stated aim to ‘pivot’ toward them. Analysts say the President needs to convince them that the U.S. will back them up in their regional competition with rivals like China, as tensions have heated up over conflicts in the East China Sea.
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US Defense Firms Eye International Opportunities in a Slowing National Market
Countries are increasingly open to international collaboration to save money and still build capability. “There are efforts afoot for countries to come together to meet requirements as a coalition,” notes Skot Butler, vice president of satellite networks and space systems for Intelsat General. Butler leads Intelsat General’s work with the DoD, NATO, various civil agencies, and commercial enterprises in the U.S. and Europe. “I’m aware of a number of initiatives where one country has a requirement but not enough to justify a program on their own and we bring them together with an ally in the region to host their requirements on a commercial satellite,” he says.