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Analyst: Pentagon Should Move to Protect ‘Core’ Industries Before Budgets Collapse
It is the same debate that resurfaces after every post-war defense downturn: Should the Pentagon take preemptive action to protect select companies from economic collapse?
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VA Budget Skyrockets Despite Federal Spending Cuts
In 1947, two years after the end of World War II, the VA spent a post-war high of $87 billion, according to a Congressional Research Service report released last year. VA spending reached a post-Vietnam peak of $76.9 billion in 1976, the research service said. Both budgets were adjusted for inflation and compared to 2011 dollars.
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Obama’s Battle for Syria Votes, Taut and Uphill
Each morning for the last week, at 7:45, more than a dozen White House aides have mustered in the corner office of President Obama’s chief of staff, Denis R. McDonough, to get their marching orders for what has become the most intense, uphill lobbying campaign of the Obama presidency.
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Pentagon Seeking To Avoid Congress On Syria Strike Costs
Todd Harrison, a budget analyst, estimated a higher total, with a week-long strike costing between $500 million and $1 billion. The total would depend on the selected targets, bombs and the delivery methods used.
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Ambassador Eric Edelman: US Cannot Be Indifferent to Syrian Conflict
The United States cannot be indifferent to the outcome of the Syrian conflict and the use of chemical weapons cannot go without a response, former Ambassador Eric Edelman tells Newsmax.
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Cost Of A U.S. Strike Against Syria Could Top Hagel’s Estimate
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told lawmakers a limited military strike to deter Syria from using chemical weapons would likely cost tens of millions of dollars, but if past experience is a guide, the number could be substantially higher than that.