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February 13, 2012 / By Russell Rumbaugh
The Reality of the Defense Builddown

The President released the FY13 defense budget request today, and the total amount is $5B less than the FY12 appropriated levels. We are certainly into the defense builddown. But we

Prevailing wisdom on defense spending in the past decade asserts that despite the large amount spent, we did not modernize our weapons systems. In reality, the military services did take

As the congressional super committee grapples with the problem of lowering the nation’s deficit and controlling its debt, defense budgets have taken center stage. Some have argued that

Russell Rumbaugh served as a staffer for Senator Kent Conrad on the Senate Budget Committee covering both the 050 Defense and 150 International Affairs accounts of the US Government

With today’s tough financial reality, the international community is hard-pressed in meeting both national security and global development objectives as policymakers around the world