Tag: Defense Spending

In 1942, Gen. Douglas MacArthur traveled to Australia, along with planes, troops and supplies to turn the tide in World War II's Pacific front. (AP File)

Obama appears to hunger for the Australia Zero Option

James Jay Carafano · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

Pentagon paid billions to defense firms that previously defrauded the government

Luke Rosiak · August 3, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama spoke disdainfully of drone strikes, the authorization to use military force against terrorists, and the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in May. (AP File)

PRISM is essential to U.S. security in war against terrorism

James Jay Carafano · August 3, 2013 4:00 am

Washington, D.C., will still suffer economically even if the Pentagon reduces the number of furlough days it is forcing on employees. (Thinkstock)

Pentagon may cut furloughs by half, but DC economy still suffering

Tim Mak · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama will call for a lowering of the corporate tax rate in exchange for heightened government investments in infrastructure, manufacturing and education. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to call for corporate tax cuts in exchange for spending on jobs

Brian Hughes · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam has drawn parallels between revolutionary Ho Chi Minh and American founding father Thomas Jefferson.

Absurd to equate Jefferson and Ho Chi Minh

Cal Thomas · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

Beginning next week, some 680,000 Pentagon civilian employees will be furloughed for up to 11 days over the summer. (AP Photo)

Putting the Pentagon on par with pupils

James Jay Carafano · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

Mainstream media ignorance of Muslim Brotherhood looms

Hugh Hewitt · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

Sequestration has caused furloughs for almost 800,000 civilian employees at the Defense Department, but âfunding for the Pentagonâs environmental initiatives is largely shieldedâ from the spending cuts. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

DOD: Environmental funding ‘largely shielded’ from sequestration

Joel Gehrke · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

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How to make defense cuts without endangering America

Drew Johnson · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

A number of amendments to the defense spending bill were approved on the House floor this week. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Controversial defense bill amendments mostly successful

Ashe Schow · July 25, 2013 4:00 am

POGO is one of the nation's most prominent federal-government watchdog groups. Executive Director Danielle Brian is pictured here in her office in Washington. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Danielle Brian’s POGO is constantly poking, prodding, exposing government waste and fraud

Neil McCabe · July 25, 2013 4:00 am