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Analysis
Podcast on F-22 Acquisition
Ward Carroll at Military.com interviewed “fighter mafia” leader Pierre Sprey, aviation author James Stevenson, and Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler on the Air Force’s F-22. The interview helps explain why America is no longer designing and building first...
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Analysis
“Sensitive But Unclassified” Categories Hindering Congressional Oversight?
A resource from POGO.org
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Analysis
Obscure Outlet; Good Analysis
Few people have heard of the Budget Bulletin, the newsletter of the Senate Budget Committee, which frequently includes important budget analysis not available elsewhere. A recent edition included a concise analysis of cost growth in the Pentagon. A summary and the analysis are...
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Analysis
Defense Budget Tutorial: So, You Think You Know the Cost of the Wars?
At a recent congressional hearing, the Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research Service, and Government Accountability Office presented conflicting data on the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More worrying, however, is that cost estimates from the Departm...
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Analysis
Congress and the Pentagon, Co-Abusers of the War Budget
In this second defense budget tutorial on the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it seems a legal requirement to report future expenses in Iraq has been ignored by the administration and Defense Department. On the other hand, some in Congress are also happy to try to k...