Defense Secretary Gates Taking Heat for Proposing Common Sense Military Cuts
Maybe this was one of the reasons Robert Gates decided to stay on as Defense Secretary when Barack Obama became president. Faced with budget deficits and needing funding for two wars, Gates is setting...
View ArticleRepublican Chuck Hagel Backs Democrat Joe Sestak’s Senate Bid
Finally, some above-the-fray bipartisanship! Tomorrow former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) will support Congressman Joe Sestak’s (D-PA) bid to enter the body Hagel once inhabited. On the surface, the...
View ArticleMilitary Engine Few Want Finally Gets Voted Down
A funny thing happened when House Republicans opened up the process to allow amendments to spending bills: a bipartisan coalition voted overwhelmingly to cancel a $3 billion boondoggle. Interestingly,...
View ArticleThe Pentagon’s $3 Billion Battleship
Technically, the pricey new ship in the U.S. Navy’s fleet as of 2014 is a destroyer named DDG-1000. It comes equipped with electromagnetic “railguns,” a “wave-piercing” hull that doesn’t leave a wake,...
View ArticleReminder: The Pentagon Can be Big Government Too
Those of us on the right tend to be more defensive about the Pentagon than most organs of the federal government, and with good reason: it’s unquestionably a legitimate function of the federal...
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