Defense Budget

A SLOW-GROWTH AMERICA CAN’T LEAD THE WORLD

NOVEMBER 1, 2011 After World War II, the U.S. promoted international economic growth through reliance on the market and the incentives it provides. Times have changed. By JOHN B. TAYLOR When President Obama meets with his counterparts from other G-20 countries in Cannes later this week, American economic leadership will, unfortunately, largely be absent. At […]

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WHY DEFENSE CUTS DON’T MAKE SENSE

OCTOBER 14, 2011 The U.S. military is the principal guardian of our global economy’s avenues of commerce. We protect the skies, cyberspace and the world’s oceans. By BUCK MCKEON Mr. McKeon, a California Republican, is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee What principles should guide the congressional super committee as it prepares to cut

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VIDEO – HERMAN CAIN AT THE VALUES VOTER SUMMIT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/values-voter-summit-attendees-yes-we-cain/2011/10/07/gIQAngeqTL_video.html

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OBAMA, THE REACTIONARY IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Reactionary in the White House Barack Obama, throwback. Fred Barnes October 3, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 03 President Obama’s plan for taxes and spending has been hailed by the media as “populist.” A more accurate word to describe his agenda is “reactionary.” It won’t, to use Obama’s catchphrase,

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MIKE ROGERS: ‘A STRONG AMERICA IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND A FORCE FOR GOOD IN THE WORLD’

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Daniel Halper September 16, 2011 Congressman Mike Rogers delivered this coherent, Reaganesque defense of defense this morning at the American Enterprise Institute: The Evolution of American Intelligence and National Security in the Decade since 9/11 A Keynote Address by Representative Mike Rogers (R-MI) Thank you all very much; thank

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KRAUTHAMMER: AMERICA’S CURRENT DEMORALIZATION IS NOT A RESULT OF THE WAR ON TERROR

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Charles Krauthammer September 9, 2011 12:00 A.M. The 9/11 ‘Overreaction’? Nonsense America’s current demoralization is not a result of the War on Terror. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The total costs of “the two wars” is $1.3 trillion. That’s less than one eleventh of the national debt, less than one year of

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JOHN BOLTON – WHY TEA PARTY SHOULD RESIST GUTTING DEFENSE

THE WASHINGTON TIMES Automatic cuts would undermine constitutionally mandated mission By John R. Bolton-John R. Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of “Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad” (Simon & Schuster, 2007). Wednesday, August

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VIDEO – RICK PERRY ANSWERS QUESTIONS IN IOWA

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CHINA’S ECONOMIC SWORD

August 27, 2011 By Jed Babbin Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense under George H.W. Bush. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:It is in these areas – cyberwar and anti-satellite weapons, among others — that American economic weakness may be having the greatest effect. As one source told me, the Pentagon is enormously concerned

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THE GROWING THREAT FROM CHINA’S AIR FORCE

AUGUST 24, 2011 Two advanced Su-27 fighters recently chased an American reconnaissance plane over the Taiwan Strait. By MICHAEL AUSLIN China watchers have been fixated on the maiden voyage of Beijing’s first aircraft carrier this month. However, U.S. and Asian defense planners should take care not to ignore another aspect of China’s growing military might.

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