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The Pentagon's estimated budget has more than doubled to $676 billion in the past 10 years because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Defense represents about 18% of total U.S. spending for fiscal 2012.
But with the wars winding down and Congress facing a yawning deficit due to tax cuts and the recession, military spending is expected to be curtailed sharply, possibly by as much as $400 billion over 12 years, according to Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a think tank.
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Eric and Eliot host James Graham Wilson, an historian in the Department of State's Historian's Office, to discuss his new book, America's Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security From Roosevelt to Reagan.
The national security threats against the U.S. are as significant as and more complex than they were at the height of the Cold War or even World War II. We are not prepared to meet these threats today and could, in very short order, find ourselves in a war across multiple theaters with peer and near-peer adversaries that we could lose.
The heart of CSBA is our team of uniquely qualified defense experts and operations professionals. We are thrilled to introduce staff who have joined our team in 2024 and those who have recently stepped into new roles within our organization.
The Commission on the National Defense Strategy Vice Chair Eric Edelman and Commissioner Mara Rudman talk about the bipartisan panel’s report on U.S. defense strategy and military readiness.
The final report of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States says the United States is not prepared for challenges due to the Russia-China alliance.
