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• Gordon Adams quoted in Federal News Radio on facing the sequester

  Gordon Adams was quoted in Federal News Radio on why the DoD is in denial about the sequester.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in FCW on defense strategy after budget cuts

  Gordon Adams was quoted in FCW on defense strategy after budget cuts.

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• Russell Rumbaugh’s op-ed on sequestration and US foreign policy featured in The Hill

  Russell Rumbaugh's op-ed on how the sequester is hurting US foreign policy featured in The Hill.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in Reuters on Obama’s plan to avert the sequester

  Gordon Adams was quoted in Reuters on Obama's plan to avert the sequester.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in New York Times on the sequestration

  Gordon Adam was quoted in The New York Times on the sequestration.

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• Russell Rumbaugh quoted in Roll Call on sequestration

  Russell Rumbaugh was quoted in a Roll Call story detailng the Pentagon's sequester woes.

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• Russell Rumbaugh and Gordon Adams quoted in Foreign Policy survey

  Foreign Policy Magazine asked  top military thinkers to fill in the blanks when it comes to major defense issues including U.S. defense spending, China's rise, and drone policy.  The

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• Gordon Adams’ op-ed on sequester defense cuts featured in the Monterey County Herald

  Gordon Adam's op-ed on the effects on the sequester on Defense spending was featured in the Monterey County Herald.

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• Matthew Leatherman interviewed on NPR about public views of military spending

  Matthew Leatherman was quoted on NPR's Morning Edition regarding defense cuts.

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• Barry Blechman quoted in Bloomberg News on Pentagon Budget

  Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman was quoted in the Bloomberg News article, "Pentagon Budget Stuck in Last Century as Warfare Changes," published February … Read More »

• Russell Rumbaugh featured on Bloomberg Radio

  Russell Rumbaugh was featured on Bloomberg Radio on discussion of Defense Department budget cuts.

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• The New York Times publishes Op-Ed from Russell Rumbaugh

  Russell Rumbaugh, director of the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, has an Op-Ed in The New York times. In the Op-Ed, "A Tax to Pay for War",  Mr.

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• Gordon Adams discusses challenges facing Nominee Hagel on PBS NewsHour

  Gordon Adams, Distinguished Fellow with the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, was featured in a recent piece for PBS's NewsHour. The segment "Defense Department

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• Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense hosts Major General McKenzie

   

  On January 22nd the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program hosted Major General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Marine Corps Representative to the Quadrennial Defense Review.

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• Russell Rumbaugh interviewed and quoted by Politifact

  Russell Rumbaugh, director of the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, was recently interviewed and quoted by Politifact. The piece analyzes the veracity of President

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• CSPAN, Other Outlets Report on SIGAR Event at Stimson

   

  On January 10th 2013 , Stimson hosted  the event  Challenges Facing the US Reconstruction Effort in Afghanistan. The event featured remarks by Mr. John Sopko, Special Inspector

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• Washington Post analysis of Hagel pick features Stimson defense spending survey

   

  On Monday President Obama announced former Senator Chuck Hagel as his nominee as the next Secretary of Defense.  Washington Post Wonkblog’s coverage focused on the spending

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• Barry Blechman featured on “This Week in Defense News” with Vago Muradian

  Barry Blechman was featured on “This Week in Defense News” with Vago Muradian to discuss A New US Defense Strategy for a New Era. 

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• Commentary in The Hill supports “Diplomacy in a Time of Scarcity” report

  In October 2012 Stimson, together with the American Academy of Diplomacy and sponsored by the Cox Foundation, released a study examining the challenges of the world today and the

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• USA Today exclusive on BFAD Pentagon as Pitchman report

  USA Today was granted an exclusive to cover the release of Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense's latest report, The Pentagon as Pitchman: Perception and Reality of Public

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• Chicago Tribune, other media cover launch of “A New Defense Strategy for a New Era”

  Launching amid a continuing debate over defense sending, A New Defense Strategy for a New Era has struck a chord in the media, with the Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Defense News,

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• Gordon Adams and Matthew Leatherman quoted in Politico on foreign aid

  Stimson's Gordon Adams and Matthew Leatherman were quoted in Politico Pro recently, where they discussed the vulnerability of the foreign affairs budget to sequester. Kate Brannen's

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• Stimson Defense Spending Suvery Continues to Inform Debate

  In today's fiscal and political climate the survey, which consulted the American public on defense spending, continues to grow in relevance. Recent news hits include Politico and

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• Stimson defense budgeting research quoted in the Washington Post

  Stimson's Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program was quoted in The Washington Post's Dana Priest article on the modernization of the United States' arsenal. "A study this

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• Gordon Adams appears on PBS NewsHour to discuss looming budget cuts with Margaret Warner

  Gordon Adams was a guest on PBS NewsHour to discuss the looming budget cuts and reduction in defense spending. Click here to watch the broadcast.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in Wall Street Journal on defense budget hearings

  Gordon Adams was quoted in the Wall Street Journal regarding the House Armed Services Committee's August 1st hearing on sequestering the defense budget.  WSJ journalist Dion

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• Gordon Adams on Lockheed and sequestration in TIME

  Gordan Adams authored an article in TIME on the effects of sequestration for Lockheed Martin. "The defense budget is going down; it is time to focus on managing the build-down instead

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• Gordon Adams quoted in Dallas News on federal budget cuts in Texas

  Gordon Adams was quoted in Dallas News on federal budget cuts in Texas. "The industry realizes we have reached the peak of a defense spending boom," says Adams.  Read more.

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• C-SPAN and USA Today among outlets featuring Matthew Leatherman on defense spending survey

  Matthew Leatherman participated in presenting a recent survey of American public opinion on defense spending yesterday on Capitol Hill. Footage of the event is available on C-SPAN,

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• New Findings on American Public Opinions in Defense Budget Survey

  On Monday, July 16, the Program for Public Consultation, Stimson, and the Center for Public Integrity released new data from a previous survey showing how views vary between Red and

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• Gordon Adams analyzes Rice as VP pick in US News and World Report

  US News and World Report's DOTMIL blog extensively quotes Gordon Adams on the drawbacks of Condoleezza Rice as a potential nominee for Vice President. Click here for the story.

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• “We Spend Too Much On Defense,” says Gordon Adams in AOL Defense

  In a new column on AOL Defense, Gordon Adams explains why the United States should reduce national defense expenditures. The full piece is available here.

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• Russell Rumbaugh discusses earmarks and appropriations in Defense News

  Russell Rumbaugh was recently quoted in Defense News discussing the effects of Congress' earmark ban on appropriations processes, especially for military research and development. The

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• Gordon Adams in The Hill and Defense News on defense sequestration

  As the topic of defense budget sequestration becomes increasingly popular, Gordon Adams' expertise has been in high demand. Adams wrote a post for The Hill's Congress blog, and was

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• Gordon Adams quoted in Defense News on Romney’s defense plans

  Gordon Adams was one of several experts asked to analyze Mitt Romney's defense budget plans in a recent Defense News article. You can read the article here.

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• Gordon Adams and Matthew Leatherman published in foreign policy book

  Gordon Adams and Matthew Leatherman's article, "A Leaner and Meaner Defense," which appeared in Foreign Affairs, is now being published as a chapter in an updated edition of The

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• Russell Rumbaugh published in Arms Control Today on nuclear weapons costs

  Following the release of Resolving Ambiguity: Costing Nuclear Weapons, Russell Rumbaugh has written a summary of the report appearing in Arms Control Today. For an even more concise

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• Matthew Leatherman in Defense News

  Matthew Leatherman appeared on This Week in Defense News and published a column in Defense News to discuss the recent survey of public opinion on defense spending that Stimson

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• Matthew Leatherman quoted on defense spending survey

  Stimson, together with the Program on Public Consultation and the Center for Public Integrity, recently published a survey of public opinion on the defense budget titled "Consulting

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• Brian Finlay and Matthew Leatherman published in The Hill on budget reduction and illicit drug trade

  Managing Across Boundaries Director Brian Finlay and Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense Research Analyst Matthew Leatherman were published in The Hill, writing on the need to

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• Russell Rumbaugh quoted in Ezra Klein’s Wonk blog on Obama’s 2013 budget plan

  Russell Rumbaugh was quoted a Washington Post Ezra Klein Wonk blog post regarding President Obama's newly unveiled 2013 budget plan.

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• Matthew Leatherman publishes op-ed in US News & World Report on US Defense budget

  Matthew Leatherman published an opinion-editorial in today's US News & World Report urging Secretary Panetta and the Defense Department to embrace larger budget cuts.

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• Russell Rumbaugh quoted in Bloomberg on Pentagon oil spending

  Russell Rumbaugh was quoted in today's Bloomberg regarding the Pentagon's oil spending as an obstacle to trimming the defense budget.

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• Matthew Leatherman Quoted in US News and World Report on new defense strategy

  Matthew Leatherman talked to US New and World Report about the Obama Adminstration's new strategy on shifting America's global military presence.

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• Russell Rumbaugh writes op-ed for CNN on President Obama’s defense budget cut strategy

  Russell Rumbaugh authored an opinion-editorial for CNN regarding President Obama's announcement Thursday on the administration's strategy to cut the defense budget, saying "Obama's

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• Gordon Adams quoted in New York Times on Secretary Panetta’s budget strategy

  Gordon Adams was quoted by the New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker on Secretary Panetta's forthcoming strategy to trim the US defense budget.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in US News and World Report on US defense budget

  Gordon Adams was quoted by US News and World Report's Danielle Kurtzleben in her piece about the US defense budget. Figures were also referenced from Russell Rumbaugh's "What We

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• NYTimes Editorial Highlights Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense Analysis

  On December 10, the New York Times published an editorial on the defense budget for the next fiscal year and referenced analysis from Russell Rumbaugh's most recent report, "What We

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• Matthew Leatherman quoted in a series of articles at The Hill

  Recently, BFAD's Matthew Leatherman was quoted in a series of articles written by The Hill on Pentagon spending, sequestration, and the affordability of America's nuclear triad.

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• Gordon Adams publishes op-ed in U.S. News and World Report

  Gordon Adams recently published an op-ed in U.S. News and World Report entitled, It Is Time for Discipline, Defense. In the piece, Adams argues that cutting the defense budget is

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• Gordon Adams quoted in WIRED Magazine’s Danger Room Blog

  Gordon Adams was quoted by Spencer Ackerman in his Danger Room blog post on the US defense budget.

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• Gordon Adams quoted by Congressional Quarterly

  Late last week, BFAD's Gordon Adams was quoted by Congressional Quarterly in an artice entitled, In Downsizing Defense, Politics Trumps Strategy. Adams opines on the political

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• Matthew Leatherman recently quoted by The Hill

  Recently, BFAD's Matthew Leatherman was quoted by a piece in The Hill entitled, White House sides with Senate on bill to freeze defense spending. Leatherman believes that the

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• Gordon Adams quoted in latest edition of Defense News

  Recently, Stimson Distinguished Fellow, Gordon Adams was quoted in a Defense News piece entitled Alternative Views Emerge in U.S. Budget Debate. Adams comments that today's defense

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• Gordon Adams quoted by the National Journal

  Gordon Adams was recently quoted in an article for the National Journal entitled, The End of the Affair. In the acticle, Adams opined that U.S. influence in the Middle East is not

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• Matthew Leatherman writes op-ed for Defense News on wartime accounting

  Stimson's Matthew Leatherman recently wrote an opinion piece for Defense News entitled Plan for War Costs. In the op-ed, Leatherman writes about the pitfalls of wartime accounting for

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• Gordon Adams participates in panel launching new CNAS report.

  Gordon Adams participated in a panel discussion for the launch of the Center for a New American Security's report Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity.

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• Matthew Leatherman quoted by The Hill

  Matthew Leatherman was quoted in an article for The Hill, focusing on defense savings from the Budget Control Act passed this past August.

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• Matthew Leatherman in the Raleigh News and Observer

  Matthew Leatherman talks Pentagon budget cuts in the Raleigh News and Observer.

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• Russell Rumbaugh Cited in Defense News

  Russell Rumbaugh's recent The Will and the Wallet blog post on moving Department of Defense base budget funding to OCO accounts was quoted by Defense News's Kate Brannen.

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• Gordon Adams quoted by Aviation Week

  In A&D Supporters Dig In on Capitol Hill by Jen DiMascio, Gordon Adams opines that the Pentagon taking a roughly 15% cut over the next decade would be slower paced and more managable

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• Gordon Adams quoted by CNNMoney.com

  In Charles Riley's article, Pentagon Sweats Out Budget Upheaval, Gordon Adams comments on the need for a review of strategy when considering budget cuts at the Pentagon.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in the Boston Globe

  Gordon Adams comments on Ashton Carter's future challenges as Deputy Defense Secretary.

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• Russell Rumbaugh quoted in Inside Defense

  The Office of Management and Budget recently directed all agencies to cut their FY2013 budget requests by 5%, unless given "explicit direction otherwise."

  Russell Rumbaugh,

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• Russell Rumbaugh quoted in the New York Times Opinionator

  Russell Rumbaugh was quoted in a New York Times blog post on the debt deal. "Defense spending made out pretty well," he said.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in The Hill

  Gordon Adams and other defense experts discuss how DOD should prepare for budget cuts.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in the Washington Post

  A Washington Post blogger questions whether the debt deal will impact defense spending; Gordon Adams says it's too early to tell.

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• Gordon Adams on NPR’s All Things Considered

  Gordon Adams discusses budgeting for national defense in a time of scarce resources on NPR's All Things Considered.

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• Gordon Adams in Foreign Policy’s The Cable

  Gordon Adams talks defense budget cuts and fuzzy math in Foreign Policy Online's The Cable.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in the New York Times

  Gordon Adams discusses the rising costs of veterans care in a New York Times column. Read the full story here.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in the Washington Post

  Defense cuts are coming, but it's nothing the Pentagon can't handle, Gordon Adams said in a Washington Post op-ed.

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• Matthew Leatherman writes for the Raleigh News and Observer

  Click here to read his piece, "For some Pentagon spending, there's little defense."

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• Gordon Adams testifies before House Budget Committee

  Dr. Gordon Adams testified before the House Budget Committee, on "Budgeting for America's National Security."  Click here to read his prepared testimony.

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• Gordon Adams quoted by Associated Press

  Gordon Adams worked with Leon Panetta at the Office of Management and Budget in the '90s. Read what he has to say about the new Secretary of Defense in this Associated Press article. … Read More »

• Gordon Adams interview on Marketplace

  In an interview for American Public Media's Markeplace, Gordon Adams says the defense build-down can be managed effectively without sacrificing national security.

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• Gordon Adams on NPR’s All Things Considered

  The real costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are in infrastructure, Gordon Adams said in an interview for NPR's All Things Considered.

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• Matthew Leatherman and Rebecca Williams in Defense News

  Matthew Leatherman and Rebecca Williams discuss rebalancing the security assistance roles State and DOD in an op-ed for Defense News.

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• Matthew Leatherman in The Hill

  Matthew Leatherman and Christoph Schwarz (Institute for Political Science, RWTH Aachen University in Germany) discuss burden-sharing within NATO in an op-ed for The Hill's Congress

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• Gordon Adams on PBS NewsHour

  Gordon Adams discussed defense spending cuts on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

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• Matthew Leatherman in the Raleigh News and Observer

  Matthew Leatherman discusses the importance of fiscal and strategic discipline in "Close enough to victory in Afghanistan."

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• Gordon Adams in Foreign Policy Online

  Gordon Adams lays out 10 challenges that incoming Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will have to face.

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• Gordon Adams quoted in The Hill

  "The defense build-down won't be as difficult as the Pentagon would have us believe," says Gordon Adams.

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• Gordon Adams participates in New York Times discussion

  Click here to read Gordon Adams's contribution to a New York Times debate on defense cuts.

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• Gordon Adams in the Washington Post

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• Defense News highlights Stimson’s report on security assistance

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• Gordon Adams quoted in The Hill today

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• Gordon Adams on NPR’s Morning Edition

  Click here to listen to Gordon Adams on NPR's Morning Edition on cuts to the defense budget.

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• Gordon Adams writes his first blog post for TIME

  Click here to read Gordon Adam's blog post for TIME's Badlands.

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• Gordon Adams and Rebecca Williams release new report on security assistance

  Gordon Adams and Rebecca Williams released a new report on security assistance today titled A New Way Forward: Rebalancing Security Assistance Programs and Authorities.

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• Gordon Adams on the Diane Rehm Show

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• Gordon Adams and Matthew Leatherman write for The Hill

  Click here to read their opinion piece "Defense in Need of Fiscal Discipline" in The Hill.

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• Matthew Leatherman on the reality of war spending

  Click here to read Matthew Leatherman's article "U.S. War Spending Might Not Drop" in Defense News.

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• Gordon Adams writes on the challenges for the next SECDEF

  Click here to read Gordon Adams' article "5 Tasks for Next SECDEF" in Defense News.

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• Matthew Leatherman writes on Libya’s effect on the war in Afghanistan

  Click here to read Matthew Leatherman's article in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

   

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• Matthew Leatherman on US policy and Libya

  Click here to read Matthew Leatherman's piece "Deciphering our schizophrenic Libya policy" in The Hill.

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• Matthew Leatherman on the inertia of US military intervention

  Click here to read Matthew Leatherman's piece "The Inertia of Intervention" in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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• Gordon Adams on Winning the Battle, Losing the War in Foreign Policy

  Click here to read Gordon Adam's post on Foreign Policy.

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• Gordon Adams on the fear of reducing the defense budget

  It's budget day!

  Gordon Adams offers his thoughts to The Will and the Wallet in his piece, The Defense Budget: Time to End the Mantra of Fear.

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• Anne Richard discusses foreign affairs and the President’s budget

  Anne Richard, a vice president for the International Rescue Committee and a board member of the Stimson Center, discusses the foreign affairs budget during a time of fiscal austerity

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• Gordon Adams and Matthew Leatherman in Foreign Affairs

  Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense's Gordon Adams and Matthew Leatherman authored an article for the Jan/Feb edition of Foreign Affairs which calls for fiscal responsibility in

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