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December 21, 2012
Congress’s Pentagon Pork Plan
Congress is voting now on a national defense budget that forces the Pentagon and related national security agencies to pay for weapons, personnel, and programs they don’t want or need.
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Topics: National Security
December 17, 2012
By Mia Steinle
Tell Congress: Oppose Proposal to Weaken Nuclear Oversight
Tell your members of Congress that cutting corners on nuclear safety and security is simply unacceptable.
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Topics: National Security
December 17, 2012
Is the Fleet Steaming Forward ... Or Backward?
In part 3 of his series on the U.S. Navy, Winslow Wheeler looks at the prevailing wisdom that America’s smaller fleet is more capable than the U.S. Navy of yore because of higher capability per individual ship. It is a dangerous assumption.
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Topics: National Security
December 16, 2012
More Than the Navy's Numbers Could be Sinking
The shrinking size of the Navy's fleet is just one variable in considering its adequacy: the ability to perform assigned missions, especially after withstanding whatever threats may exist, is a far better measure than mere numbers.
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Topics: National Security
December 14, 2012
If More Money Buys a Smaller Fleet, What Will Less Money Buy?
Winslow Wheeler takes a look into the future of the U.S. Navy given our present budget situation.
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Topics: National Security
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