Press Release
21 July 2009
Today, General Paul Eaton (Ret.), who this week joined the National Security Network as a Senior Adviser, reacted to the Senate removing nearly $2 billion in funding to build seven new F-22 Raptors from the Defense Authorization legislation:
"In stripping $1.75 billion in funds to build seven more F-22 Raptors from the Defense Authorization bill, the Senate has brought our military spending one step closer to matching America's military priorities for the 21st century."
Report
10 June 2009
13 former Generals and Admirals assert that "for too long our military's budget priorities have been beset by an out of date mentality"
Press Release
Washington, D.C. 10 June 2009
Report
26 February 2009
The Obama administration's budget represents a return to responsible budgeting. The signal that the Administration plans to move away from supplemental requests and its willingness to cut items unrelated to war spending represents a return to responsible budgeting.
Report
3 February 2009
Two weeks into the Obama Administration, instead of a serious policy debate over defense spending and priorities, conservatives have taken an Obama budget request for an 8 percent increase, in line with Bush Administration recommendations, and turned it into a “cut.” In today’s Washington Post, Robert Kagan – a prominent neoconservative – provides a perfect snapshot of the vacuous nature of conservative thinking on defense policy.
Press Release
Washington, D.C. 11 December 2008
