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Measuring the Decay: DoD-wide

On the evening of Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust in Washington, D.C., three authors of "America's Defense Meltdown" discussed the ongoing decay in the U.S. armed forces. In sharp contrast to the political apparatchiks that protest that more...
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On the evening of Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009 at the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust in Washington, D.C., three authors of "America's Defense Meltdown" discussed the ongoing decay in the U.S. armed forces. In sharp contrast to the political apparatchiks that protest that more money is needed to reverse the moldering in the Army, Navy and Air Force, it might begin to dawn on some that budget increases are a primary cause of the problems, a symptom that Winslow Wheeler described in a presentation at the discussion event.

To access Winslow Wheeler's presentation, please click here.

Pierre Sprey

Pierre Sprey helped to create the Project on Military Procurement, which expanded and became POGO in 1990.

Thomas Christie

Christie retired from the Pentagon in February 2005 after four years as director of Operational Test & Evaluation.

Winslow Wheeler

Winslow Wheeler is the former director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information.

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