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Analysis
Congress’ Earmark Reform Fiasco
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has produced a new report on earmarks in appropriations bills. Otherwise known as “pork,” defense appropriations earmarks continue to climb in both number and cost. Congress’ self-appointed “pork busters” and other reformers have now mo...
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AnalysisPaying for the war with “supplemental” funding
As he has done for virtually every penny to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President George Bush sent to Congress on Feb. 16, 2006 a new “supplemental” appropriations bill to finish paying costs for the “Long War” in 2006. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) ju...
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Analysis
Is Army “Modularization” Collapsing in the Army?
While the Army’s "modularization" plan appears to expand its number of combat brigades, it will actually result in a decrease of Army combat units. In an extraordinary article in the exclusive publication Inside the Pentagon, a journalist who knows how to do her job ...
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Analysis
Summary of DoD Budget and QDR
CDI Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler summarizes the DoD’s new fiscal year 2007 budget and the just released 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) in a short article in Harvard University's "Nieman Watchdog."
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Analysis
Briefing on DoD’s QDR and 2007 Budget
The 2007 defense budget is simultaneously gigantic and yet too small to implement DoD’s new plans. Donald Rumsfeld’s new Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) fails to address the core reason why such reviews are required by Congress, and the new budget is crowded with gimmicks to ...