– The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation – http://blog.heritage.org – Morning Bell: A Slashed and Burned Military Posted By Mike Brownfield On January 27, 2012 @ 9:35 am In Protect America | 79 Comments The future is not bright for the U.S. military. Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave America a
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By Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Published: January 12 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: I have no qualms about critiquing our president’s claim that massive defense cuts somehow bring balance to our national programs. Defense counts for less than 20 percent of the federal budget but totals more than 50 percent of our deficit-reduction efforts, while domestic spending
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JANUARY 10, 2012 Spending less on defense means squandering the money elsewhere. By BRET STEPHENS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Or consider Mr. Obama’s favorite subject, nuclear proliferation. In April 2009, he gave a speech in Prague dreaming of a nuclear-free world. Almost immediately, North Korea tested a weapon, Pakistan expanded its arsenal, Iran moved ahead
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– The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation – http://blog.heritage.org – Chart of the Week: Defense Spending Throughout U.S. History Posted By Rob Bluey On January 8, 2012 President Obama visited the Pentagon on Thursday to outline his plan for gutting our nation’s military [1]. Obama’s vision makes America more vulnerable to
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Red Army’ By Wes Vernon – Special to The Washington Times Monday, November 21, 2011 RED ARMY: THE RADICAL NETWORK THAT MUST BE DEFEATED TO SAVE AMERICA By Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott Broadside Books, $26.99, 351 pages America is under attack. Not by a uniformed army with rifles and tanks. But
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General: Prioritize nuclear upgrades in budget By Bill Gertz– The Washington Times Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Air Force General C. Robert Kehler, head of U.S. Strategic Command EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Gen. Kehler said U.S. nuclear weapons and infrastructure are now “aged.” “We have reached one of those critical points where investment is required to
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JANUARY 6, 2012 Obama’s Defense Drawdown Entitlements begin to crowd out the American military. A QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT EISENHOWER – ” WEAKNESS IN ARMS, OFTEN INVITES AGGRESSION.” President Obama yesterday put in a rare appearance at the Pentagon, flanked by the four service chiefs and his Secretary of Defense. Saying that now is the time
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Today’s defense cuts are recreating conditions that led to Pearl Harbor By Adm. James A. Lyons Retired Adm. James A. Lyons was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations The Washington Times Tuesday, December 6, 2011 associated press The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as
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The wages of appeasement By Charles Krauthammer, Published: December 15 “Ask Osama bin Laden . . . whether I engage in appeasement.” — Barack Obama, Dec. 8 Fair enough. Barack Obama didn’t appease Osama bin Laden. He killed him. And for ordering the raid and taking the risk, Obama deserves credit. Credit for decisiveness and political courage. However,
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DECEMBER 17, 2011 There’s no need to fear the deference of Iraq’s Shiites toward Iran. By FOUAD AJAMI ‘The tide of war is receding, and the soul of Baghdad remains, the soul of Iraq remains,” Vice President Joe Biden said at Camp Victory, by the Baghdad airport, earlier this month, in the countdown to the
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