Defense

Defense PDF

Author: Pat Towell

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 1437934455

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The President¿s FY 2011 budget request included $733 billion in new budget authority for national defense. Contents of this report: (1) Most Recent Developments; (2) FY 2011 Defense Budget Overview: Real Growth and 'Security Agencies¿; War Costs, FY 2011 and FY 2010; Budget by Function; (3) FY 2011 DoD Base Budget: Defense Budget as Share of Gross Domestic Product; (4) Long-Term Planning; (5) FY 2011 Base Budget Highlights and Potential Issues: Military Personnel: Military Pay Raise; Don¿t Ask, Don¿t Tell; Military Health Care Costs; Procurement and R&D: Army Combat Force Modernization Programs; Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans; Aircraft Programs; Military Construct. (6) Bill-by-Bill Synopsis of Congress. Action to Date.

Strong and Sustainable

Strong and Sustainable PDF

Author: Laurence J. Korb

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 1437940595

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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Restoring America¿s economic health will require dealing with our federal budget deficit over the long term. Reducing that deficit will require reducing the projected level of defense spending over the next 5 years. The defense budget can and should be reduced without harming national security for 3 reasons: (1) The portion of the world¿s military expend. the U.S. consumes compared to our potential adversaries has grown from 60% to 250%, so even if the U.S. were to cut its spending in half it would still be spending more than its adversaries; (2) The global security environment has changed, so we can reduce the overall size and deployment posture of our armed forces; (3) Significant tech. advances make our fighting forces far more efficient than even in the near past.