DoD Spending Could be Source of Compromise in Debt Limit Negotiations

· Jun 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Photo: DoD In the continuing deficit-cutting talks, surrounding if and how Congress will vote to authorize an increase in the debt ceiling, The Washington Post reported recently Republicans ...
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Panetta Has Work Cut out at Pentagon

· Jun 28th, 2011 · 0 Comment
Leon Panetta, Photo: CIA.gov Soon-to-be Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has his work cut out for him. While current Secretary Robert M. Gates, who retires at the end of the week, has ...
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Gates as Pentagon Change Agent: Low-key, but Crucial

· Jun 27th, 2011 · 0 Comment
Soon-to-retire Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Photo: Defense.gov When Robert M. Gates was named defense secretary at the end of 2006, the former CIA chief was thrust into the midst ...
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Panetta, Pentagon Prepare for Old Switcharoo

· Jun 23rd, 2011 · 0 Comment
Robert M. Gates and Leon Panetta, Photo: Defense.gov, CIA.gov Following the unanimous vote in the Senate yesterday to approve CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next defense secretary, ...
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Gates: DoD Cuts ‘Must Address Force Structure’

· Jun 16th, 2011 · 0 Comment
Soon-to-retire Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Photo: Defense.gov As he makes the final rounds of his public pronouncements as head of the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ...
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House Appropriations Committee ‘Skeptical’ of DoD Efficiencies Savings

· Jun 15th, 2011 · 0 Comment
Image: Sergei Khackimullin The Defense Department set ambitious cost-saving goals to the tune of some $10 billion in its 2012 budget request. However, the House Appropriations Committee ...
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Panetta: DoD Needs Both Strong Fiscal Discipline, Strong National Defense

· Jun 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment
CIA Director Leon Panetta, Photo: CIA.gov CIA Director Leon Panetta sat before the Senate Armed Services Committee this week for what The Washington Post characterized as a “gentle ...
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Report: Agencies Looking Inward for Efficiencies

· May 27th, 2011 · 0 Comment
Image: Andrew Brown In the search to squeeze more savings out of the federal government, agencies are increasingly looking inward. But are they successful in the search for efficiencies? A ...
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Gates: Modernization Funding Imperative; Current Inventory ‘Getting Old and Worn Down’

· May 25th, 2011 · 0 Comment
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Soon-to-retire Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in public remarks recently, has been delivering the sobering message of budget efficiencies in the ...
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Gates: Budget Reductions a Strategic, Not Math Problem

· May 20th, 2011 · 0 Comment
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Photo: DoD/Cherie Cullen In efforts to wring an additional $400 billion in cost-savings over 12 years out of the Defense Department, Defense Secretary ...
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