CSBA in the News

The Air Force does not have enough stealth aircraft to wage an effective air campaign against China or North Korea, according to a recent study by the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank in Washington/…/

Three years ago, then-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that he was recommending Congress approve the termination or truncation of 33 programs.

The federal budget for 2013 presents a tougher puzzle than usual for lawmakers peering into the nation’s strained pocketbook to figure out how to keep the lights on, services running and national defense sound.

A leading Republican lawmaker admonished the White House Tuesday for pursuing a European-based missile defense program while cutting money for one that’s designed specifically to protect the United States.

While congressional Republicans are scrambling for a way to avoid additional military budget cuts, a hawkish House Republican has gone even further by vowing to restore cuts that have already been set in motion.

Lots of people have views about U.S. military spending. Liberals and libertarians think we spend far too much on defense. On the other side, Mitt Romney speaks for many conservatives in arguing that we should spend more: “If you do not want America to be the strongest nation on Earth,” says Romney, “I am not your President. You have that President today.” But while we usually think of military spending in terms of foreign wars and joint strike fighters, we often neglect one of the biggest growth drivers of the U.S. defense budget: health care.