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Debt Plan Sparks Call For Stronger Joint Chiefs Chairman
The final debt plan being considered by Congress punts the issue of defense spending to a super-committee of legislators. Composed of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans from both houses,...
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New Capabilities, New Constraints Call For New Concepts In 2013
Our 2013 forecast series continues with a call for new strategic thinking from the first man to serve as Air Force deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, Lt. Gen....
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John Lehman, Gary Roughead: Fix Procurement To Save The Navy
WASHINGTON: In a remarkably non-partisan moment amidst the current strife over budget cuts and Chuck Hagel, Ronald Reagan’s Navy Secretary and George W. Bush’s Chief of Naval Operations told a...
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What Congress Can Do To Trim Pentagon Overhead
The Pentagon needs to trim its overhead, many senior officials and experts argue, because it sucks scarce resources away from military weapons and personnel. To understand the root cause of this...
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Gen. Amos, Adm. Greenert: F-35 Essential But Procurement ‘Constipated’
NATIONAL HARBOR: The top officers in the Navy and Marine Corps defended their most expensive program, Lockheed Martin‘s troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, while acknowledging the way the Pentagon buys...
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DoD Sheds First Clear Light On AirSea Battle: Warfare Unfettered
Like the Holy Trinity or the designated hitter rule, the concept known as AirSea Battle has been much discussed but little understood. The Defense Department released an official and unclassified...
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McCain Launches Goldwater-Nichols Review; How Far Will He Go?
UPDATED: With Thornberry Comment Supporting Reform WASHINGTON: Sen. John McCain plans a long-term review of the law underpinning the modern American military, the Goldwater-Nichols legislation that...
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Time For US Strategy Review; Then Tackle Goldwater-Nichols
WASHINGTON: One of America’s most respected strategists is calling for a comprehensive review of the military’s roles and missions to prepare the way for revision of the basic law undergirding the...
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‘If We Fail, Fire Us’: CSA Gen. Milley On Acquisition Changes
WASHINGTON: The defense bill now on President Obama’s desk would restore long-lost procurement powers to the top officers of the armed services. That’s great, the new Chief of Staff of the Army said...
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‘First, Do No Harm:’ SASC Begins Goldwater-Nichols Review
WASHINGTON: If there’s one congressional topic that makes the senior leaders of the US military really nervous, it’s when lawmakers start talking about reapportioning power and authorities among those...
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CJCS Gen. Dunford Proposes ‘Staff” To Handle Transnational Threats
WASHINGTON: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, top military advisor to the president, today proposed creation of a staff to help the Defense Secretary better plan and execute America’s war...
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How To Make Better Buying Power Better
Reforming the U.S. military’s acquisition system has been a hot issue since Congress replaced the Continental Army’s first Quartermaster General in 1777. Despite near-continuous efforts to reduce...
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NSC Staff Too Big, Too Activist: Top Former Generals, Officials
WASHINGTON: The Senate and House Armed Services committees’ push to review the foundational law underpinning today’s US military, known as Goldwater-Nichols, was given a boost today by a group of top...
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Carter To Reshape US Military: Goldwater-Nichols II
WASHINGTON: After more than 15 years of discussion, sharpened recently by the grim realities of complex wars and terror threats, the Pentagon and Congress are poised to remake the laws and policies...
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Rep. Thornberry Tries To Fix Pentagon Buying: The Kitchen Approach
OK, Justin Johnson is a Republican, a committed one who works at the Heritage Foundation. And you can sort of expect him to support things the GOP is doing. But in this op-ed he’s addressing one of the...
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Bye Bye QDR; Hello Stand-Alone Cyber Command: HASC Markup
CAPITOL HILL: The Quadrennial Defense Review is dead. Long live a unified combatant command known as Cyber Command. Ok, it doesn’t quite ring like Long Live The Queen, but you get the idea. House Armed...
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Carter To Reshape US Military: Goldwater-Nichols II
WASHINGTON: After more than 15 years of discussion, sharpened recently by the grim realities of complex wars and terror threats, the Pentagon and Congress are poised to remake the laws and policies...
View ArticleRep. Thornberry Tries To Fix Pentagon Buying: The Kitchen Approach
OK, Justin Johnson is a Republican, a committed one who works at the Heritage Foundation. And you can sort of expect him to support things the GOP is doing. But in this op-ed he’s addressing one of the...
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Bye Bye QDR; Hello Stand-Alone Cyber Command: HASC Markup
CAPITOL HILL: The Quadrennial Defense Review is dead. Long live a unified combatant command known as Cyber Command. Ok, it doesn’t quite ring like Long Live The Queen, but you get the idea. House Armed...
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Bad Idea: Accountability in Defense Acquisition
We’re partnering with the Center for Strategic and International Studies to bring you their fab Bad Ideas series through the Christmas holiday season. They produced three today. I’m betting Sen. John...
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