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Sequester Special Report: Military Men And Women Hardest Hit
"Trump promised to grow the military ... and end mandatory budget caps, but did not address other specific initiatives or how to pay for them," said Bryan Clark, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, who calls the mandatory spending limits imposed by sequestration "the most significant and pervasive institutional challenge DoD faces today."
Sequester Special Report: Warships, Fighters, Vehicles Mostly Saved
Still, the sum appropriated through fiscal 2016 was $105.6 billion less than was projected in the fiscal 2011 defense plan, according to Katherine Blakeley, a research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
How Much Defense is Enough? The Outlier’s Take
A new study from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, “How Much is Enough? Alternative Defense Strategies,” reports on military spending plans produced by teams from five think tanks, including Cato.
It’s Official: Donald Trump Has Chosen Gen. James Mattis For Defense Secretary
Inside the Pentagon, Mattis was known for being assertive with the use of U.S. forces, said Bryan Clark, who was a top aide to Adm. Jon Greenert, the chief of naval operations from 2011 to 2015.
With Airplane Lasers, the Pentagon Is Trying — Again — to Turn a 50-Year-Old Vision Into Reality
“If you look across these technology efforts, it looks like within the next four to five years, there will actually be prototypes,” said Mark Gunzinger, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a defense research institute.
7 Major Weapon Systems Held Up by Congressional Gridlock
Here are seven programs at the Pentagon facing disruption by the use of continuing resolutions, based on a Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments study by Blakeley and Maureen Smolskis