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Budget Conferees Face Huge Rift Between Defense Spending Plans and Caps
An upcoming House-Senate budget conference faces a daunting task in trying to find an alternative to a $20 billion cut in national defense spending that’s set to occur in January. But that mission may face better odds than appropriators would in trying to roll back their outsize defense spending blueprints for fiscal 2014 to meet spending caps/.../
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Army Warns It Could Have Trouble Handling Single War
Budget reductions could render the Army at "high risk to meet even one major war," according to documents obtained by USA TODAY, a warning the Army is sounding because it sees another war as inevitable before long.
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Shutdown Could Cost DoD Billions of Dollars
The US government shutdown could cost the Defense Department billions of dollars over the long term, but it is too early to tabulate the full impact, experts say.
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Rethinking Flattops for Flatter Budgets
Flanked by lethal warships and home to the advanced fighters jets parked on their expansive decks, the Navy's aircraft carriers are perhaps the most impressive demonstration of America's military might. But these ships are also the single most expensive piece of equipment the military buys, making them a prime -- and perhaps even necessary -- target in this era of fiscal belt-tightening.
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Pentagon to Slow 2014 Spending As Cuts Loom
The Pentagon plans to slow spending in anticipation that federal defense spending caps will remain in place throughout 2014, a senior US Defense Department official said.
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DOD Begins QDR Without Red Team, Increasing Attention On NDP
The Defense Department has not created a "red team" to challenge assumptions and analysis in the Quadrennial Defense Review, fueling speculation that it might instead seek critiques from a congressionally chartered panel that will assess the QDR as it unfolds.