Tag: Defense Spending

Algae-derived jet fuel is inspected at a Houston refinery. The Pentagon is investing millions of dollars in such alternative fuels. (Solazyme / July 25, 2011)

Energy and Environment

L.A. Times: As Pentagon invests in green fuel, critics focus on the cost

Washington Examiner · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

Daily Beast: Military veterans serving in Congress accuse Pentagon of wasteful spending

Washington Examiner · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA - JUNE 27: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by the U.S. Military prior to transmission.) A watch tower is seen in the currently closed Camp X-Ray which was the first detention facility to hold 'enemy combatants' at the U.S. Naval Station on June 27, 2013 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.The U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, houses the American detention center for 'enemy combatants'. President Barack Obama has recently spoken again about closing the prison which has been used to hold prisoners from the invasion of Afghanistan and the war on terror since early 2002. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Senate set to open debate on defense authorization bill

Tim Mak · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

Lockheed Martin is cutting 4,000 jobs, about 3.5 percent of its workforce, as the defense contractor continues to look for ways to lower costs amid reduced government spending. (Courtesy photo)

Lockheed Martin cutting 4,000 jobs, closing plants

Associated Press · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

Pentagon contracts plunged 66 percent to $15.7 billion last month, the lowest level since January, driven by automatic U.S. spending cuts and a partial government shutdown.

National Security

Pentagon contracts fell by two-thirds in October as shutdown deepened cuts

Bloomberg News · November 12, 2013 5:00 am

Britain and Russia didn't invent spying on friends. It's a very old practice that still has a place in the modern world. (Thinkstock)

The case for spying on friends

James Jay Carafano · November 10, 2013 5:00 am

The trusty tank comes under fire: Critics doubt its worth in asymmetrical conflicts

Tim Mak · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

This undated photo provided by United States Enrichment Corp shows Ronnie Kineman, a member of USEC's cylinder handling crew, moving a Department of Energy-owned depleted uranium "tails" cylinder into a staging area at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. This is one of the roughly 1,100 tails cylinders whose contents were re-enriched at the plant 15 miles west of Paducah as part of the contract in 2012 that extended USEC jobs at the plant until May of this year. (AP Photo/United States Enrichment Corporation)

Energy and Environment

Privatizing energy project enriched bureaucrats, drained federal coffers

Luke Rosiak · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

The U.S. military budget totals $600 billion. That is 40 percent of what the entire world spends on defense, and substantially more than the Cold War average in inflation-adjusted terms.

National Security

Military must do more with less

michael-ohanlon · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, center, stares straight while Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno reads an opening statement as they testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee on budget cuts to the military. The nation's top military officers warned that automatic budget cuts will compromise the armed services' ability to defend the U.S. and could cause higher casualties. The chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are telling Congress the cuts will force reductions in manpower, training and weapons purchases. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Military joint chiefs warn about defense cuts

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

** FILE ** United States Enrichment Corporation cascade coordinators work in building 300 at the Paducah, Ky. plant in this Jan. 15, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, Stephen Lance Dennee, file)

Energy and Environment

Feds gave billions to energy firm with no business model

Luke Rosiak · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

Chuck Hagel warns of a military ‘readiness crisis’

Paul Bedard · November 5, 2013 5:00 am