President Obama’s National Security Budget: Strategic and Sustainable?

President Obama’s National Security Budget: Strategic and Sustainable?

Hosted by NSN, Council for a Livable World, and the National Taxpayers Union
February 5, 2015

National Security Network, the Council for a Livable World, and the National Taxpayers Union co-host two Pentagon budget briefings, one for the House and the other for the Senate. The President’s FY16 Budget Request is expected to bust the Pentagon budget caps set by the Budget Control Act–and that doesn’t even include the Overseas Contingency Operations account. The Air Force and Navy are also jockeying to create off-budget accounts for nuclear weapons modernization costs. Is this spending properly aligned with our national security priorities? Where can strategic cuts be made? Join the National Security Network, the Council for a Livable World, and the National Taxpayers Union for a briefing with national security experts who will take a critical look at the FY 16 Pentagon budget from perspectives that span the aisle.

EXPERTS:

Bill Hartung, Director of Arms Control and Security Project, Center for International Policy

Laicie Heeley, Policy Director, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Pete Sepp, Executive Vice President, National Taxpayers Union

MODERATOR:

Angela Canterbury, Executive Director, Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

For more information on this briefing, and other Capitol Hill briefings, please contact Amanda Bowen, Director of Congress and Coalitions at abowen@nsnetwork.org 

Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brandon Shapiro, 10/24/14