May 20, 2009
On May 14, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $94.3 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the latter part of Fiscal Year 2009, which ends on September 30. The bill includes $73 billion for the Department of Defense, primarily to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
May 15, 2009
With critical security upgrades still incomplete and the Russian nuclear infrastructure becoming more dilapidated, now is not the time to reduce funding for the Nunn-Lugar nonproliferation program. Yet that is exactly what President Obama proposed in his fiscal year 2010 budget.
May 14, 2009
On May 4, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $94.2 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the latter part of Fiscal Year 2009, which ends on September 30. For the Department of Defense, the bill includes $81.3 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
May 8, 2009
On May 8, the Obama Administration released complete details of its Fiscal Year 2010 Pentagon Spending Request. The request included $533.8 billion for the Department of Defense and $130 billion to support "Overseas Contingency Operations" (military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan), included for the first time as part of the White House’s annual budget request, rather than through special supplemental appropriations bills.
Apr 30, 2009
The Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (S. 454), introduced by Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ), has quickly become the legislative vehicle of choice for repairing the Pentagon’s weapons-buying process. For all of its merits – and there are many – the Levin-McCain bill is still riddled with loopholes and waivers. Lawmakers should work to strengthen the bill as it winds it way through Capitol Hill this year.
Apr 13, 2009
On April 9, the Obama administration released details of its Fiscal Year 2009 supplemental funding request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The total request is $83.4 billion to fund ongoing military, diplomatic, and intelligence operations. In this brief analysis, Chris Hellman examines the request and puts war funding to date in context.
Apr 13, 2009
On April 10, Travis Sharp was interviewed about U.S. defense spending by the Foreign Policy Association's Rising Powers blog. Read the interview here.
Apr 7, 2009
On April 6, Secretary Gates announced significant changes to the fiscal year 2010 defense budget. In this brief analysis, Travis Sharp examines the Obama administration’s rationale and looks at the battle brewing over Future Combat Systems, the Airborne Laser, the DDG-1000 destroyer, and the VH-71 presidential helicopter.
Mar 31, 2009
In today's disastrous economic climate, the U.S. government desperately needs to prioritize its top national security objectives and realign spending accordingly. As Lt. Gen. Robert Gard and Travis Sharp argue in this Huffington Post commentary, Congress must stop recklessly pumping taxpayer dollars into weapons systems unneeded for the foreseeable future and instead focus on revitalizing underfunded competencies such as military personnel and foreign assistance.
Mar 31, 2009
During the week of March 30, both the House and Senate will consider their respective versions of the Budget Resolution. In their mark ups, both the House and Senate Budget Committees provide $686 billion in fiscal year 2010 funding for both the Pentagon and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mar 26, 2009
For those who believe that America's defense spending was dangerously misallocated over the last eight years, the good news is that national security spending under the Obama administration will be markedly different than under President Bush. In this new policy brief, Travis Sharp and Katie Mounts highlight three policy objectives President Obama is poised to begin implementing this year.
Mar 18, 2009
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of an international agreement that has prevented incalculable civilian deaths and injuries from war: the 1997 Landmine Treaty. While 156 countries have signed on, the United States is one of a small minority of states that has not yet agreed to join the ban on the production, use, sale, and stockpiling of anti-personnel landmines.
Mar 13, 2009
During an unprecedented economic downturn like this, you might expect governments to pour all their scarce resources into shoring up their economies. But you’d be wrong. In fact, governments around the world are throwing billions into the one sector of their economies that will probably do the least good for the world: their military-industrial complexes.
Mar 3, 2009
The United States can only recover from the past and present, while preparing for the future, if the White House, Pentagon, and Capitol Hill repair the broken defense acquisitions process and give taxpayers the return on investment they deserve. In this policy article published in Joint Force Quarterly, Travis Sharp argues that in a time of increasingly scarce defense dollars, it is critical to optimize every penny invested in national security.
Mar 3, 2009
For anyone concerned about spiraling military spending in recent years, the Obama administration’s new budget proposal gives cause for hope. A clear message has been sent to the military’s leadership, which has become used to getting its way on budget matters – the era of uncontrolled Pentagon spending growth is coming to an end.
Feb 27, 2009
On February 25, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell stated that the anticipated decision on the future of the F-22 Raptor fighter program, scheduled for March 1, would only cover the fate of the remaining money appropriated by Congress, not the fate of the program itself. The final decision on the fate of the F-22 will be announced as part of the rollout of the Pentagon’s full budget request in mid-April.
Feb 26, 2009
Even though a final FY 2009 budget figure cannot be stated precisely at this time because Congress has not yet completed its FY 2009 budget work, it appears that final FY 2009 spending on national defense will be approximately $687 billion.
Feb 26, 2009
On February 26, the Obama administration will release a preliminary outline of its spending priorities and agency budgets (known as “toplines”) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, which begins on October 1. The defense budget topline released on February 26 communicates an overall funding level without including programmatic specifics, which will be released in April.
Feb 26, 2009
With a new administration in office, today’s perfect budgetary storm presents new opportunities for reform. The Center’s recommendations for 2009 include cutting funding for unproven missile defense systems, reducing the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, overseeing the sale of weapons to Iraq, and reforming the Pentagon’s acquisition process.
Feb 26, 2009
A number of major weapons systems currently suffer from rampant cost growth and schedule delays. In 2009, a clear indication of the Obama administration’s priorities will come from its decisions on three systems: the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor aircraft, the Navy’s DDG-1000 destroyer, and the Army’s Future Combat Systems.
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