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August 5, 2013
By Jana Persky
Goodman: America's Bloated Military Spending Hurts U.S. Mission
In his sixth book on international security issues, National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism, Melvin Goodman breaks down America’s military and intelligence failures stretching back to the Eisenhower administration.
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Topics: National Security
August 1, 2013
By Jack Scher
POGO Obtains DoD Memo on 20 Percent HQ Spending Cut
The Project On Government Oversight has obtained a memorandum announcing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's decision to cut 20 percent of management headquarters spending throughout the Department of Defense (DoD).
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Topics: National Security
July 31, 2013
House Votes to Save More than $4 Billion at the Pentagon
POGO is pleased to report over $4 billion in Pentagon savings after we and our partners helped champion several commonsense amendments to the House Defense Appropriations bill.
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Topics: National Security
July 29, 2013
By Andrew Wyner
Contractors Still Avoiding Major Sequestration Damage
Several recent earning reports from major contractors have confirmed that the post-sequester world is not as apocalyptic for major federal contractors as they anticipated.
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Topics: National Security
July 25, 2013
By Jana Persky
Video: The Fight Over the Pentagon's Newest Jet
NBC News looks at the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the hundreds of billions of dollars it is costing the government while it doesn't live up to expectations.
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Topics: National Security
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