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Todd Harrison Discusses Military Retirement Reform Proposals

  • June 2, 2015
  • Federal News Radio

“The Joint Chiefs of Staff added their own recommendations on military retirement reform and sent them to Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Most of their recommendations are similar to proposals in both the House and Senate National Defense Authorization Acts. But the recommendations from the chiefs may throw a wrinkle into the congressional debate. Todd Harrison, a senior fellow for defense studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, tells In Depth with Francis Rose what the Joint Chiefs are proposing.” >>>Listen on Federal News Radio

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Report Outlines How Sequestration Hurt Air Force

  • May 29, 2015
  • Military.com

Sequestration had a broad impact on the Defense Department, hurting combat readiness while increasing or deferring the cost of some weapons programs, a government watchdog agency said.

Analysis

The Next President Can Torch Obama’s Iran Deal

  • May 28, 2015
  • Eric Edelman, Robert Joseph and Ray Takeyh
  • Politico Magazine

The Obama administration says that any nuclear agreement it negotiates between the United States and Iran will be binding on the president’s successors, while nearly every Republican presidential contender has insisted on re-evaluating the agreement, if not jettisoning it all together.

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The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake — Building Tons of Supercarriers

  • May 28, 2015
  • War is Boring

“History,” it has been written, “does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Today it’s rhyming with Gen. Billy Mitchell. In the 1920s, Mitchell challenged conventional thinking by advocating air power at sea in the face of a naval establishment dominated by battleship proponents.