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AnalysisEarmarks, Earmarks, Earmarks!
On Thursday, March 22, 2007, members of the House of Representatives started their debate on an “emergency supplemental” to pay for the troop surge and other war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan. But, as Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler explains, the contro...
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Wars’ Costs Totaled
The fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq (March 20) occurs just as the Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports that the cost of operations there and in Afghanistan and elsewhere have continued to rise. The Straus Military Reform Project’s Director, Winslow Wheeler, summa...
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Podcast on Defense Expenditures and Congressional Oversight
Military.com interviewed Winslow Wheeler, the director of CDI's Straus Military Reform Project, on the state of congressional oversight of defense spending and the ongoing politics in Congress concerning the war in Iraq. We provide a link to the Military.com podcast here.
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Mis-Measuring the Defense Budget
Winslow Wheeler’s new commentary on the size of the U.S. national security budget and some of the ways advocates of even bigger spending would like us all to mis-measure it, was published March 4 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. This commentary was also published by the McClat...
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The Small Arms Trade: A Beginner’s Guide
The book authored by CDI research analyst Rachel Stohl, along with Matthew Schroeder and Dan Smith, has arrived in-stock and is available for purchase (One World Publishers, November 2006). Loaded with fascinating anecdotes and disturbing statistics, this guide provides a grip...
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Energy Secretary Removes Linton Brooks
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous branch of the Energy Department responsible for the nuclear weapons complex, is stepping down at the end of the month due to lapses within the complex. Ambassador Linton Brooks took charge of N...
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AnalysisMeasuring the Chaos in Iraq
The Pentagon’s new report on “stability and security in Iraq” was widely covered by the press this week. Many of the newspaper articles described what the report stated about the increase in violence in Iraq, but most did not address other deteriorating conditions in a region ...
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Crisis Management Revolving Door (or is it Revolving Door Crisis Management?)
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