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2017 Budget: Showdown Likely Over War ‘Slush Fund’
The use of OCO funds is shaping up to become yet another heated political battle between the White House and Congress, said Katherine Blakeley, a research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
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Budget Analyst: LCS Buy Truncation Could Help 2017 Procurement
...Katherine Blakeley, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a Washington think tank, said Feb. 1 that the 40-ship limit and the down-select to one hull type could free up to $1 billion in 2017 and $4 billion over the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), a five-year look ahead. Her findings were published in a new CSBA report, “7 Areas to Watch in the FY17 Defense Budget.”
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Obama’s Final Pentagon Budget Request May Renew Clash Over Spending ‘Gimmick’
Where Obama regarded the $58.8 billion in active war funds for the Near and Middle East as a ceiling, the armed services and appropriations panels may view it as a floor to which they could add dollars, said Katherine Blakeley, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, in a briefing for reporters.
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What To Expect in US Air Force’s Budget Request
“I don’t see the appetite for major axing or a deep cut,” said Katherine Blakeley, a research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Rather, the service will adopt a “shave, shave, shave, salami slicing” approach, she predicted.
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Analyst sees ‘problem child’ F-35A as ‘likely bill-payer’
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Voices: A War That Restored Confidence in Military
"The military can never take the support of the American people for granted," said Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer and president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a think tank.