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AnalysisLame Democrats and Tame Republicans
With the U.S. Senate now debating appropriations for the Department of Defense and for the war in Iraq, it is appropriate to compare the opposition by Senators to this war to those who opposed the conflict in Indochina in an earlier time. Winslow Wheeler, Director of the Strau...
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Analysis
What to Look for in DoD’s Upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review
Defense experts recently briefed the press on the Defense Department’s upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review. The presentations did not attempt to anticipate the findings of this major Pentagon study, not due until next year. Instead, the presentations alerted the press to key i...
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Analysis
Oink oink at the Pentagon (Letter to the Editor)
Part 3 of 3: Financial Management at the Pentagon. Responding to the Washington Times editorial, Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow T. Wheeler applauds the call for better financial management at the Pentagon. This three-part series of commentaries contributes to ...