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January 22, 2016
One study often cited by reform advocates, by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, found that between 2001 and 2011 the Defense Department spent $46 billion on at least a dozen programs that never became operational. This included $3.7 billion for a new presidential helicopter and $18.1 billion on the Army’s future combat systems.
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Eric and Eliot discuss the multinational hostage return deal with Russia, the Israeli strikes in Beirut and Tehran, and the recent release of the National Defense Strategy Commission report.
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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.
