#Defense

A recent report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that the Pentagon’s latest five-year plan would cost substantially more than the funding allowed under the sequester caps.Each year the Department of Defense provides Congress with its “Future Years Defense…

In recent interviews and speeches, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the military is “challenging every past assumption, every past formula” for allocating budget resources as he tries to reorganize the military for 21st century challenges in the face of a rapidly…

As Congress considers authorizing military action in Syria, many lawmakers and analysts have turned their attention to the possible impact on the defense budget.The cost of a limited strike in Syria would likely be small relative to the $680 billion…

Last week Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel released a four-month Pentagon review that said the budget sequester cuts would jeopardize some areas of military strategy. Under sequester-level spending reductions, he said, “our military options and flexibility will be severely constrained.”The Strategic…

The Department of Defense has begun to scale back its operations to comply with $487 billion in spending cuts that were imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA).The Army plans to remove combat forces from 12 bases and…

Despite all the serious budget work facing Congress, lawmakers in both parties continue to distract themselves, fritter away time and confuse the public with proposals that serve no useful purpose. Last week provided two good examples.House Republicans were busy with…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued its third annual report detailing how Washington could save tens of billions of dollars a year by reducing fragmentation, overlap and duplication in the federal government. The report also suggests improvements to enhance…

Unless Congress and President Obama reach agreement before Friday, about $85 billion in poorly designed spending cuts for Fiscal Year 2013 will begin hitting a broad cross-section of programs across the federal government. The Concord Coalition supports replacing these automatic…