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The Gates/Obama Reform Budget
Matthew Yglesias —
Let me quote Matt Duss’ Wonk Room post on today’s defense budget announcement:
I don’t think it’s overstating things to say that Defense Secretary Gates’ announcement of his 2010 defense budget recommendations represents an appreciable shift in the way that the United States approaches the issue of military acquisitions. Applying lessons learned in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as signifying a recognition that the continuing economic crisis places real constraints on defense spending, Gates’ recommendations are an ...
Gates lays it on the line
Political Animal —
GATES LAYS IT ON THE LINE.... Matt Duss thinks this is change we can believe in . I don't think it's overstating things to say that Defense Secretary Gates' announcement of his ...
The Defense Budget
Obsidian Wings —
... This is excellent. (More here, here, and here.) Actually, if you read Gates' speech, it's even better than Schachtman makes it sound. For one thing, Gates puts a lot of emphasis on doing things for the troops -- research on topics like traumatic brain injury, support for spouses and child care, housing. This is welcome, and if the apparently endless stream of stories about soldiers returning from Iraq to barracks that should have been condemned sometime during the War of 1812 are anything to go on, long overdue. ...
Dems to Gates: Cut Deeper
Weekly Standard Blog —
... CAP now seems a bit upset that Secretary Gates didn’t take their December 2008 report and put the DoD seal on it and submit it to OMB. One of their bloggers even provides a helpful side by side comparison of key elements of the CAP and Gates proposals. While their recommendations were largely consistent with Gates’ plans for the F-22, the Air Force Tanker, and the Littoral Combat ship, there were some differences, most notably on missile defense, which did not get completely axed as CAP had hoped. ...
Kristol Uses Pirate Crisis To Argue For More Defense Spending
Think Progress —
... a plan to reorient defense spending away from lucrative boondoggles for contractors and toward systems that are proven to work and are needed in present-day military situations. Conservatives immediately ...
