Competitiveness
REPORT: Reshaping Pentagon Spending and Capabilities: Setting Priorities for the Future
March 13, 2013
To read the full report, click here. By Bill French March 2013 A NEW PHASE of the debate over Pentagon spending is on the horizon. On March 1, sequestration went into effect as mandated by the Budget Control Act (BCA) and as modified by the American Taxpayer Relief Act. Under sequestration, Pentagon spending is to be [...]
Congressional Action Needed to Avert Sequestration
February 20, 2013
As the March 1 deadline for sequestration approaches, new reports highlight how nonstrategic across-the-board cuts would cause harm to America’s social wellbeing, economy and national security. Today the Pentagon previewed hundreds of thousands of civilian furloughs — mirrored in federal law enforcement, public health, social security and other domestic priorities. Congress must act to avoid sequestration [...]
Opportunities and Priorities for a Second Term
January 22, 2013
In his second inaugural address, President Obama laid out his vision for how the United States should lead in the world, with strength and justice together: But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry [...]
Protecting American Power and Keeping the Pentagon on the Table
November 12, 2012
As Congress returns to work during its lame duck session, its top national security and economic priorities should be the same – setting our nation on a balanced path to fiscal health without the meat-axe, across-the-board spending cuts set to occur under sequestration. A balanced deal will protect the American economy – the foundation of [...]
Scaremongers Charge the Hill
July 18, 2012
The National Security Network issued the following statement on Pentagon spending and the sequester: Defense contractors and some members of Congress have been spotlighting a “side show” aimed at preserving corporate profits over advancing a strategy to preserve US security. This week, an Aerospace Industry Association (AIA)-sponsored report and a congressional hearing with four top defense [...]
Cratering Consensus
June 12, 2012
The realities of a more interconnected world, and the ascendancy of U.S. policies based on pragmatic, results-based engagement with friends and opponents alike, have made election-year politics of national security more problematic for the U.S. Candidates must show they understand how the global economy works, and how the U.S. can prosper and be secure within [...]
American Security, Built to Last
January 25, 2012
Last night, President Obama bookended his State of the Union speech with national security accomplishments, notably the end of the Iraq war and the killing of Osama bin Laden. In between, the president offered a blueprint for rebuilding American strength at home, which is the wellspring of strength abroad. The speech overflowed with optimism about [...]
Matching Resources with Interests: A Strategy to Guide the Defense Budget
October 30, 2011
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE is charged with protecting the American people and defending our nation and our allies. Our Armed Forces are operating in a strategic environment that continues to evolve as geopolitical trends shift and the world becomes increasingly interconnected. Yet chief among the myriad of challenges we face in the 21st century is our economic security.
NSN Cited in Politico on Recommendations for DoD Spending
October 6, 2011
The National Security Network meanwhile is the latest think-tank to come out with recommendations for DOD spending in a new report. Among them: Shifting to a counterterrorist mission in Iraq and Afghanistan, reducing ground forces to 2001 levels and matching weapons systems to missions to eliminate redundant or unnecessary ones.
Rebalance Troop Levels To Intersect Strategy With Spending
By Kelsey Hartigan, Think Progress, October 6, 2011
