tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:59:55 +0000A service of the Project on Defense Alternativeshttp://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-1691514008125310245Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:41:00 +00002014-02-04T16:14:20.211-05:00 &nbsp; The Reset Defense Bulletin has a new archive page covering issues published since 07/18/2013.&nbsp; Earlier issues can be found at this site. Please visit the new archives at: &nbsp;http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=a79512133e310fb023a7f0be1&amp;id=f4c201b3db&nbsp; &nbsp;and bookmark it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thank you for your interest in this publication. The Project on Defense http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2014/01/reset-defense-bulletin-has-new-archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-5605974672907904199Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:21:00 +00002014-01-06T15:21:19.702-05:00 <!--[if !mso]> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2014/01/06-january-2014-reset-defense-will-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-7945406779770862107Sat, 07 Sep 2013 23:57:00 +00002013-09-07T19:57:52.565-04:00 This week’s Reset Defense Bulletin will take a focused look at the escalating situation in Syria providing some perspective on the resolution to authorize military force as well as some of the latest news and commentary on the issue. State of Play It is important to recognize that the Obama administration has not yet made public the evidence it says corroborates its view that http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/09/exclusive-look-at-escalating-situation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-8754255051270014866Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:58:00 +00002013-08-15T22:00:58.941-04:00 Highlights News: Though the Obama administration has restarted fiscal negotiations with Senate Republicans, the chances for a grand bargain deal remain elusive at best.&nbsp; In the absence of such a deal, Senator Barbara Mikulski, the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is floating the idea of a two-year sequester delay News: Defense News reports that the Pentagon is http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/08/81513-rd-bulletin-major-cocom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-7041537900431439235Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:50:00 +00002013-08-01T14:51:37.761-04:00 Highlights News: The Senate Appropriations Committee will complete consideration of its annual defense appropriations bill this week, which would provide a total of $594 billion in military spending for Fiscal Year 2014, while blocking advanced procurement funding for the F-35 in Fiscal Year 2015.&nbsp; Separately, the Pentagon has tentatively concluded a deal to purchase 60 F-35 http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/08/8113-rd-bulletin-hagel-unveils-some.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6150223500651015666Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:29:00 +00002013-08-01T14:52:18.244-04:00 Highlights News: The House has completed consideration of its annual defense appropriations bill, during which a successful amendment offered by Reps. Mick Mulvaney and Chris Van Hollen cut roughly $3.5 billion from the OCO account. &nbsp; PDA Perspective: A retired Air Force chief has confirmed that moving some units to reserve status and using ‘tiered readiness’ are good optionshttp://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/07/72513-rd-bulletin-house-passes-dod.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-4502775095063697268Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:18:00 +00002013-07-22T14:20:41.589-04:00 Highlights News: Although the Pentagon has not released the results of the Strategic Choices and Management Review, a few recommendations are beginning to emerge: Chuck Hagel has ordered a twenty percent reduction in senior DoD staff, and an ambitious proposal by the Air Force to upgrade its Space Fence may be terminated. &nbsp;PDA Perspective: For nearly two decades, the country http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/07/71813-rd-bulletin-sequesters-effects-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-470453476443692065Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:12:00 +00002013-07-22T14:12:50.504-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The House and Senate are moving forward with wildly divergent spending plans neither of which adheres to the Budget Control Act’s post-sequester spending caps.&nbsp; While the Senate will appropriate above the topline cap authorized by the BCA, the House will instead ignore the firewall that separates defense spending from domestic spending. &http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/07/71113-rd-bulletin-hagel-notifies-sasc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-1718939156898424453Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:44:00 +00002013-06-20T18:44:09.049-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The Senate appropriations subcommittee on defense held a hearing on the F-35 program this week during which Chairman Dick Durbin questioned whether the program was “too big to fail,” and the Brookings Institution’s Michael O’Hanlon recommended cutting the total F-35 buy in half.&nbsp; &nbsp; News: The Pentagon has released a new report http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/06/62013-rd-bulletin-changes-to-us-nuke.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-1271968449825594309Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:20:00 +00002013-06-14T10:20:56.089-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The House of Representatives will conclude consideration of the annual National Defense Authorization Act this week just as appropriations season begins in earnest with both chambers’ spending committees moving forward with their annual defense spending bills. &nbsp; News: With news breaking that a private contractor was the source of http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/06/61313-rd-bulletin-high-cost-of-national.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3823720213121609068Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:34:00 +00002013-06-11T11:34:55.552-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The deputy secretary of defense, Ashton Carter, has directed planners and program managers at the Pentagon to begin developing sequestration-level budget plans for the next five years. &nbsp; News: The House Armed Services Committee has completed its markup of the annual National Defense Authorization Act.&nbsp; An amendment offered by http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/06/6613-rd-bulletin-dod-finally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3943098272610451923Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:00 +00002013-05-28T15:39:46.046-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The House Committee on Appropriations’ spending outline, known as 302(b) allocations, has been released – showing that the committee intends on providing the Pentagon’s base budget with $512.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2014 funding.&nbsp; The House version of the National Defense Authorization Act, currently undergoing subcommittee markup, would http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/05/52313-rd-bulletin-house-gop-looks-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6294251294888126004Thu, 16 May 2013 22:39:00 +00002013-05-21T18:39:23.097-04:00 &nbsp; Highlight &nbsp; House Democrats have unveiled a new economic analysis of sequestration, which argues that defense spending reductions are having the “largest drag” on the economy.&nbsp; This comes despite a recent report released by George Mason University which shows that defense cuts free up additional capital for the private sector. &nbsp; http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/05/51613-rd-bulletin-defense-cuts-may-help.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6996020610969195558Thu, 09 May 2013 20:28:00 +00002013-05-14T16:28:32.814-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The chair and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee have called on Secretary Hagel to identify $52 billion in potential Fiscal Year 2014 spending reductions by July 1.&nbsp; &nbsp; News: The Littoral Combat Ship program suffered another blow this week as a leaked Navy report casts doubt on both the cost and capabilities of the http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/05/5913-rd-bulletin-sasc-leaders-call-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3378455914437863895Thu, 02 May 2013 18:57:00 +00002013-05-06T21:50:01.031-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The Pentagon is conducting a “BRAC-like” review of U.S. military assets stationed in Europe.&nbsp; &nbsp; News: Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has directed senior Pentagon officials to begin examining ways to cut department bureaucracy by 33 percent.&nbsp; &nbsp; PDA Perspective: Charles Knight discusses the implications of http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/05/5213-rd-bulletin-polls-us-public.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-4848931713878461977Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:58:00 +00002013-04-25T13:58:31.144-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: Newly released shipbuilding documents show that the Navy does not plan on fielding 300 ships until 2019.&nbsp; &nbsp; News: Bowing to pressure from senior Democrats like SASC Chair Carl Levin (D-MI), Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) plans on bringing to the Floor legislation that would replace five months’ worth of sequester cuts with projectedhttp://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/04/42513-reset-defense-bowing-to-pressure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6112535002593292154Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:58:00 +00002013-04-18T14:58:02.444-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: Senator Carl Levin has suggested that Congress enact a one-year sequestration ‘patch’ that would nullify automatic cuts to the Pentagon’s budget in Fiscal Year 2014. &nbsp; News: As early as this summer, Boeing will begin testing an upgraded version of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, which the contractor hopes will be considered as a cheaper http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/04/41813-rd-bulletin-levin-pitches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6612939228069285153Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:56:00 +00002013-04-18T14:57:08.618-04:00 Highlights &nbsp; News: On Wednesday, the Pentagon unveiled its Fiscal Year 2014 budget request – totaling $526.6 billion for the base budget.&nbsp; This topline request ignores sequestration and could result in more than $50 billion in defense spending reductions in FY14.&nbsp; &nbsp; Project on Defense Alternatives Perspective: The President’s proposed FY14 DoD budget is http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/04/41113-rd-bulletin-presidents-fy14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-790720087265604550Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:55:00 +00002013-04-18T14:55:51.659-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: At a policy conference held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace last week, six national security experts presented practical options for reshaping America’s military to make it more relevant, effective, and affordable in coming years. &nbsp; News: The White House will request $526.6 billion for the Pentagon’s base budget when http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/04/4413-rd-bulletin-dod-budget-request-set.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6089972028074799550Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:06:00 +00002013-03-21T17:06:17.912-04:00 Highlights &nbsp; News: The forthcoming Pentagon budget request for Fiscal Year 2014, expected on Capitol Hill by April 8, will propose replacing the sequester of defense funds with $100 billion in military spending reductions beginning in 2019.&nbsp; &nbsp; PDA Perspective: Charles Knight discusses the implications of a recently disclosed internal Navy memo that http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/03/32113-rd-bulletin-obama-set-to-offer-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3824389906438297250Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:05:00 +00002013-03-21T17:05:12.607-04:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The Congressional budget committees released their initial budget resolutions this week, despite the fact that the White House’s Fiscal Year 2014 request is not expected until April 8.&nbsp; Separately, the Senate is on track to pass an omnibus appropriations measure that would provide the Pentagon with a full-year spending bill.&nbsp; &http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/03/31413-rd-bulletin-bulletin-hill-budget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3692948520454026241Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:19:00 +00002013-03-08T17:19:41.234-05:00 Highlights &nbsp; News: Bloomberg’s Tony Capaccio reports that the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request will be released on April 8, 2013.&nbsp; &nbsp; News: According to Aviation Week, the Defense Department will propose cancelling the Global Hawk Block 40 drone variant in its upcoming budget submission.&nbsp; &nbsp; Project on Defense Alternatives Perspective: The http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/03/3713-rd-bulletin-sequester-hits-sky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3270683937491663200Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:13:00 +00002013-02-21T15:13:29.955-05:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, will introduce legislation next week that would replace the military portion of the sequester with targeted reductions to the Pentagon budget.&nbsp; &nbsp; Reports: The Congressional Research Service’s Amy Belasco has written a new memo that examines the http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/02/22113-rd-bulletin-pentagon-stonewalls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-5774159755440274974Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:53:00 +00002013-02-15T17:54:15.520-05:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: The Pentagon is expected to release its topline budget request amount on March 25 with additional portions of the budget being released in April.&nbsp; However, this tentative release date could be further delayed if Congress takes no action to negate sequestration.&nbsp; &nbsp; Reports: The Center for International Policy’s William Hartung http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/02/21413-rd-bulletin-budget-request-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-7028694131257965557Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:04:00 +00002013-02-21T15:13:40.643-05:00 &nbsp; Highlights &nbsp; News: This week, Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, introduced H.R. 505, the Balancing Act, which would replace the entire sequester with revenue increases and specific reductions to the Pentagon budget.&nbsp; &nbsp; News: A group of conservative-leaning think tanks, led by Taxpayers for Commonhttp://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/02/2713-reset-defense-bulletin-progressive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)