Tag: Defense Spending

Fewer than 110 members of the current Congress have served in uniform, and that compares to a high of approximately 400 in the mid-1970s as the "Greatest Generation" made its way from battlefields to Capitol Hill. (iStock)

Congress to get needed injection of members with military experience

Hugh Hewitt · October 5, 2014 9:00 pm

The report, a survey of experts done for a congressional committee, noted that the culture of Pentagon weapon-buying was among the things most important yet most difficult to change. (iStock Photo)

National Security

Pentagon weapons-buying process needs a culture change: Report

Charles Hoskinson · October 3, 2014 5:30 pm

Vehicles at a site near Kandahar in March. The facility is responsible for shipping military equipment back to the U.S. after it has been damaged or is no longer need in Afghanistan. (Getty images)

GAO: Pentagon wasting millions to ship unneeded vehicles back from Afghanistan

Charles Hoskinson · September 30, 2014 9:37 pm

In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a F-15E Strike Eagle receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Matthew Bruch)

Cost of war against Islamic State nears $1 billion

Charles Hoskinson · September 29, 2014 6:27 pm

The Pentagon calls it "risk," but it's really Washington's most hotly debated unfunded mandate: the growing gap between the military's budget and what it is being asked to do. (iStock Image)

Gap widens between defense funding and military mission

Charles Hoskinson · September 29, 2014 9:00 am

National Security

Pentagon spending $10 million a day fighting ISIS: Hagel

Charles Hoskinson · September 26, 2014 7:16 pm

A Navy helicopter lands on the USS Independence in waters off Honolulu on Thursday, July 24, 2014. (AP Photo)

National Security

Not testing new combat ships cost Navy an extra $200 million: GAO

Charles Hoskinson · September 25, 2014 9:34 pm

The Pentagon plans to spend $351 billion for more than 2,400 F-35s, and another $1 trillion to operate them over 50 years. (Department of Defense photo)

GAO questions if the Pentagon can afford the F-35

Charles Hoskinson · September 25, 2014 3:53 am

President Obama has made it clear he is not interested in serious reform of the major spending programs that are causing, and will continue to cause in the future, so much fiscal distress for the federal government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama relies on wishful thinking to avoid debt troubles

Joseph Lawler · September 22, 2014 9:00 am

A key reason for the problem, according to the GAO: The Pentagon doesn't know how many generals and admirals it needs to lead a shrinking force. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Top brass weighs on Pentagon

Charles Hoskinson · September 22, 2014 4:00 am

Boehner and the rest of the GOP should act quickly if they win control of both houses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans must act with urgency if party captures Senate

Hugh Hewitt · September 21, 2014 9:00 pm

The Pentagon building is seen in this undated aerial photo. (Photo by U.S. Air Force/Getty images)

DOD can’t track its vast real estate holdings

Mark Tapscott · September 20, 2014 6:00 pm