Missile Defense Agency Fiscal Year 2007 (FY07) Budget Estimate: Overview
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February 13, 2006 |
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| CDI reveals the official briefing given on Feb. 3, 2006, by MDA officials regarding their budget request for FY 2007. |
| Author(s):
Victoria Samson
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Missile Defense Budget Request for FY 2007: $11.1 billion
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February 8, 2006 |
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| Missile defense funding continues to spiral upwards, even as the layered system's progress lags farther behind schedule. CDI Research Analyst Victoria Samson used the Pentagon's Fiscal Year 2007 (FY 07) budget request, released on Feb. 6, 2006, to add up all missile defense spending, and discovered that it has reached $11.1 billion. |
| Author(s):
Victoria Samson
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Americans: Cut Pentagon Spending
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March 22, 2005 |
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| CDI Senior Advisor Lawrence Korb argues that the American public clearly supports cuts in wasteful Defense Department spending; yet the political leadership to get the job done hasn't materialized. |
| Author(s):
Lawrence J. Korb
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Emergency? What Emergency?
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March 9, 2005 |
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| CDI Visiting Senior Fellow Winslow Wheeler argues that the Bush Administration’s $74.9 billion emergency supplemental appropriations request manipulates and confounds calculations of annual defense budget growth. |
| Author(s):
Winslow Wheeler
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Air Force's F/A-22 is a Relic and a Loser
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February 2, 2005 |
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| Winslow Wheeler, CDI visiting senior analyst, responds to Air Force attempts to reverse Pentagon proposals to cut the F/A-22 program by $10.5 billion and 96 aircraft through 2011. |
Author(s):
Winslow T. Wheeler
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Bogus Budget
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January 24, 2005 |
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| In a new Op-Ed in Baron's magazine, CDI Visiting Senior Analyst Winslow Wheeler argues that the proposed budget cuts for the Department of Defense are virtually dead-on-arrival in Congress. |
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Winslow T. Wheeler
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The Other Mess in Congress
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November 18, 2004 |
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| CDI visiting senior fellow Winslow Wheeler takes a hard look at fiscal year 2005 defense appropriations, now law. Of $8.9 billion awarded, funding is available for more museums, a biathlon trail, and an upgraded parade ground at a closed military base. |
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CDI on C-SPAN: CDI Visiting Senior Fellow Winslow T. Wheeler Discusses New Book The Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security
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November 8, 2004 |
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| On Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, CDI visiting senior fellow Winslow Wheeler appeared on "Booknotes" to discuss his new book, The Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security. |
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Winslow Wheeler on CBS "60 Minutes"
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October 30, 2004 |
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| On Oct. 31, CDI visiting senior fellow and veteran staffer for the Senate Budget Committee, Winslow Wheeler, appeared on "60 Minutes" to discuss equipment shortages facing U.S. troops in Iraq. Based on revelations in his new book, The Wastrels of Defense, Wheeler explained how Congress shortchanges troops to fund pet defense projects at home. |
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Winslow Wheeler to Appear on CBS "60 Minutes"
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October 29, 2004 |
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| On Sunday, Oct. 31, CDI visiting senior fellow and veteran staffer for the Senate Budget Committee, Winslow Wheeler, will appear on "60 Minutes" to discuss equipment shortages facing U.S. troops in Iraq. Based on revelations in his new book, The Wastrels of Defense, Wheeler will explain how Congress shortchanges troops to fund pet defense projects at home. As argued in his recent Washington Post op-ed, Don't Mind If I Do: Congress Says It's Going All Out for the Troops. Here's $8.9 Billion in Pork That Says It's Not, despite passing a $416 billion appropriations bill for the Department of Defense, congressional legislators raided the accounts that provide for actual combat readiness. |
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