Tag: Defense Spending

"Despite the claims that OCO is a slush fund, the entirety of the OCO budget goes towards real defense requirements," saidÂ Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (left). Sen. Jack Reed D-R.I. (right), wants to removeÂ remove $38 billion from the OCO.Â (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Senate kills Dem plan to cap defense spending

Pete Kasperowicz · June 9, 2015 8:19 pm

Sen. Thad Cochran,Â chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, right, andÂ Sen. Dick Durbin,Â the subcommittee's ranking Democrat,Â wrap up a hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senate panel approves war funding measure

Charles Hoskinson · June 9, 2015 4:40 pm

"The bill before us is designed to write an end run around sequestration for the Department of Defense by exploiting a provision that exempts spending caps," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday. (AP File Photo)

Reid calls on GOP to strike deal to lift spending caps

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:24 pm

Marine Corps Sgt. Danielle V. Beck fires an M41A4 Saber missile launcher during a live-fire exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 14, 2015.Â (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alicia R. Leaders)

National Security

Senate set to rumble on defense ‘slush fund’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., right, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senators debate controversial war funding tactics

Tara Copp · June 3, 2015 5:52 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., bangs the gavel to start the committee's hearing to examine global challenges and US national security strategy, Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Senate takes up controversial defense ‘slush fund’

Charles Hoskinson · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

A U.S. military AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies above a road outside Ploiesti, Romania, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The defense bill includes money to procure Apaches. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

National Security

White House cites ‘budget gimmicks’ as committee OKs defense bill

Charles Hoskinson · June 2, 2015 7:34 pm

During World War II, federal spending as a percent of GDP rose by 35 percentage points, while revenue rose only 14 percentage points. (Alfred T. Palmer/Office of War Information)

Beltway Confidential

Study: Big wars lead to big inflation

Jason Russell · June 1, 2015 5:06 pm

National Security

GOP Senator: $612 billion defense bill takes a ‘common-sense approach’

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 2:16 pm

Soldiers salute during a deployment ceremony in South Burlington, Vt., Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

GAO: Pentagon must figure out how to live with budget cuts

Charles Hoskinson · May 28, 2015 2:42 pm

Beltway Confidential

Ben Carson: Cutting defense spending is ‘idiotic’

Timothy P. Carney · May 23, 2015 6:16 pm

National Security

Obama’s military gear ban affects only the bayonet

Tara Copp · May 19, 2015 9:00 am