tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:23 +0000PDA Reset Defense BulletinA service of the Project on Defense Alternativeshttp://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rempost)Blogger97125PDAResetDefenseBulletinhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6294251294888126004Thu, 16 May 2013 22:39:00 +00002013-05-21T18:39:23.097-04:005/16/13 RD Bulletin: Defense Cuts May Help U.S. Economy Says New Study   Highlight   House Democrats have unveiled a new economic analysis of sequestration, which argues that defense spending reductions are having the “largest drag” on the economy.  This comes despite a recent report released by George Mason University which shows that defense cuts free up additional capital for the private sector.   http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/0sGm2WPu22E/51613-rd-bulletin-defense-cuts-may-help.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/0sGm2WPu22E" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/05/51613-rd-bulletin-defense-cuts-may-help.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6996020610969195558Thu, 09 May 2013 20:28:00 +00002013-05-14T16:28:32.814-04:005/9/13 RD Bulletin: SASC Leaders Call on Hagel to Outline Sequester Cuts   Highlights   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.    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 program.    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/f27UwRLHotU/5913-rd-bulletin-sasc-leaders-call-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/f27UwRLHotU" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/05/5913-rd-bulletin-sasc-leaders-call-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3378455914437863895Thu, 02 May 2013 18:57:00 +00002013-05-06T21:50:01.031-04:005/2/13 RD Bulletin: Polls: U.S. Public Against Military Action in Syria, N. Korea   Highlights   News: The Pentagon is conducting a “BRAC-like” review of U.S. military assets stationed in Europe.    News: Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has directed senior Pentagon officials to begin examining ways to cut department bureaucracy by 33 percent.    PDA Perspective: Charles Knight discusses the implications of recent polling data, which show http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/8XyYNJDpXs0/5213-rd-bulletin-polls-us-public.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/8XyYNJDpXs0" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/05/5213-rd-bulletin-polls-us-public.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-4848931713878461977Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:58:00 +00002013-04-25T13:58:31.144-04:004/25/13 RD Bulletin: Bowing to Pressure From Levin, Reid Set to Offer Short-term Sequester Patch   Highlights   News: Newly released shipbuilding documents show that the Navy does not plan on fielding 300 ships until 2019.    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 projected savings from endinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/zsu8xm-xAnE/42513-reset-defense-bowing-to-pressure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/zsu8xm-xAnE" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/04/42513-reset-defense-bowing-to-pressure.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6112535002593292154Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:58:00 +00002013-04-18T14:58:02.444-04:004/18/13 RD Bulletin: Levin Pitches Sequester Patch   Highlights   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.   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 alternative to the Fhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/Yw0NwG0ZyF8/41813-rd-bulletin-levin-pitches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/Yw0NwG0ZyF8" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/04/41813-rd-bulletin-levin-pitches.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6612939228069285153Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:56:00 +00002013-04-18T14:57:08.618-04:004/11/13 RD Bulletin: President’s FY14 Budget Drops – in denial of reality Highlights   News: On Wednesday, the Pentagon unveiled its Fiscal Year 2014 budget request – totaling $526.6 billion for the base budget.  This topline request ignores sequestration and could result in more than $50 billion in defense spending reductions in FY14.    Project on Defense Alternatives Perspective: The President’s proposed FY14 DoD budget is an exercise in denialhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/Ix9pUlLY4s4/41113-rd-bulletin-presidents-fy14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/Ix9pUlLY4s4" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/04/41113-rd-bulletin-presidents-fy14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-790720087265604550Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:55:00 +00002013-04-18T14:55:51.659-04:004/4/13 RD Bulletin: DoD Budget Request Set to Ignore Sequester   Highlights   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.   News: The White House will request $526.6 billion for the Pentagon’s base budget when it issues its 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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/TGQWi05JQY4/31413-rd-bulletin-bulletin-hill-budget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/TGQWi05JQY4" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/03/31413-rd-bulletin-bulletin-hill-budget.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3692948520454026241Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:19:00 +00002013-03-08T17:19:41.234-05:003/7/13 RD Bulletin: Sequester hits; Sky does not fall Highlights   News: Bloomberg’s Tony Capaccio reports that the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request will be released on April 8, 2013.    News: According to Aviation Week, the Defense Department will propose cancelling the Global Hawk Block 40 drone variant in its upcoming budget submission.    Project on Defense Alternatives Perspective: The reduction in aircraft http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/t5HqR32pK9c/3713-rd-bulletin-sequester-hits-sky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/t5HqR32pK9c" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/03/3713-rd-bulletin-sequester-hits-sky.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-3270683937491663200Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:13:00 +00002013-02-21T15:13:29.955-05:002/21/13 RD Bulletin: Pentagon Stonewalls As Sequester Looms   Highlights   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.    Reports: The Congressional Research Service’s Amy Belasco has written a new memo that examines the budget woes currently http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/Q7uUKyk9vJ0/22113-rd-bulletin-pentagon-stonewalls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/Q7uUKyk9vJ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/02/22113-rd-bulletin-pentagon-stonewalls.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-5774159755440274974Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:53:00 +00002013-02-15T17:54:15.520-05:002/14/13 RD Bulletin: Budget Request to Come Piecemeal; Dates Remain Tentative   Highlights   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.  However, this tentative release date could be further delayed if Congress takes no action to negate sequestration.    Reports: The Center for International Policy’s William Hartung has published a new report 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Offer Targeted DoD Cuts to Replace Sequester   Highlights   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.    News: A group of conservative-leaning think tanks, led by Taxpayers for Common Sense, has written http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/dMaJWmCsOZY/2713-reset-defense-bulletin-progressive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/dMaJWmCsOZY" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/02/2713-reset-defense-bulletin-progressive.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-639364718635546978Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:03:00 +00002013-02-01T15:03:48.932-05:001/31/13 RD Bulletin: Rep. Ryan and DoD's Carter Agree: Sequestration Is Going to Happen   Highlights   News: The Project on Defense Alternatives, a long-time advocate of Pentagon reform, is joining the Center for International Policy as part of its growing Common Defense Campaign.   News: Appearing on Meet the Press this weekend, former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said that sequestration of defense funds is probably “going to happen,” since both http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/f0r-HfKMCw0/13113-rd-bulletin-rep-ryan-and-dods.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/f0r-HfKMCw0" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/02/13113-rd-bulletin-rep-ryan-and-dods.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-8964927383963674900Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:31:00 +00002013-01-24T10:31:31.364-05:001/24/13 RD Bulletin: DoD Outlines Short-term Cost Savers as it Braces for Fiscal Calamity   Highlights   News: The Pentagon and its individual services have begun outlining short-term cost saving measures intended to mitigate the impact of future funding shortages.    News: The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would suspend the statutory debt limit for roughly four months buying lawmakers additional time to work out a fiscal compromise thathttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/C2mza2DywII/12413-rd-bulletin-dod-outlines-short.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/C2mza2DywII" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/01/12413-rd-bulletin-dod-outlines-short.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-2399467852493381324Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:30:00 +00002013-01-24T10:30:50.465-05:001/10/13 RD Bulletin: Pentagon Bemoans Budget Uncertainty 'Madness'   Highlights   News: Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale told an audience at Brookings this week that some delay in the department’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget is almost “inevitable” at this point due to the severe uncertainty surrounding the federal budget.   Analysis: Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has released new analysis of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/jmDXWlKZzks/11013-rd-bulletin-pentagon-bemoans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/jmDXWlKZzks" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/01/11013-rd-bulletin-pentagon-bemoans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-4501381249867983706Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:59:00 +00002013-01-04T16:00:08.284-05:001/4/13 RD Bulletin: Sequester Punt May Cause FY14 DoD Budget Delay Highlights   News: On Tuesday, Congress enacted legislation to delay by two months sequestration cuts to defense spending.  According to the Stimson Center’s Russell Rumbaugh, the legislation requires a $2 billion reduction in national security spending in Fiscal Year 2013; however, it remains to be determined how much of that figure would be drawn from the Pentagon’s budget.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/2WQ6urWCVyY/1413-rd-bulletin-sequester-punt-may.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/2WQ6urWCVyY" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/01/1413-rd-bulletin-sequester-punt-may.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-408787641574239837Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:19:00 +00002013-01-04T19:20:29.897-05:0012/13/12 RD Bulletin: Bipartisan Group of House Members Calls for Significant Savings from DoD Budget   Highlights   News: A bipartisan group of House members wrote to the White House and Congressional leadership this week requesting that significant savings from the Pentagon budget be included in a “grand bargain” deal to avert the fiscal cliff.    News: Bloomberg is reporting that former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) is likely to be nominated as the next Secretary of Defense.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/_SnhFOtIQQg/121312-rd-bulletin-bipartisan-group-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/_SnhFOtIQQg" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2013/01/121312-rd-bulletin-bipartisan-group-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6397076489359191284Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:55:00 +00002012-12-10T14:55:33.352-05:0012/6/12 RD Bulletin: Some Defense Execs Slowly Coming On Board With DoD Reductions   Highlights   News: The Pentagon has received sequestration guidance from the Office of Management and Budget, which allows the department to formally begin planning for the effects of the automatic spending cuts in Fiscal Year 2013.  Still, the Pentagon is not incorporating sequestration-level savings into its FY14 budget submission.    News: This week the Senate 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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/Bx744LmkOtY/113012-rd-bulletin-defense-spending.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/Bx744LmkOtY" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2012/12/113012-rd-bulletin-defense-spending.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-8337892682448340642Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:17:00 +00002012-11-26T20:18:13.210-05:0011/22/12 RD Bulletin: With Lame Duck Grand Compromise Unlikely, Attention Turns to Short-term Sequester Fix Highlights   News: Prospects for enactment of a “grand bargain” during the current lame duck session of Congress remain dim, with focus now turning to some sort of delay or “temporary bridge” to avert sequestration.     News: Despite passage of a six-month Continuing Resolution earlier this year, Congressional appropriators are crafting an omnibus spending package that could 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almosthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/78Prq7ZTN0M/111612-rd-bulletin-congress-back-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/78Prq7ZTN0M" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2012/11/111612-rd-bulletin-congress-back-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-6666936216358843050Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:01:00 +00002012-11-19T13:01:28.565-05:0011/1/12 RD Bulletin: Obama Signals Support for Simpson Bowles Framework, U.S. Set to Hit Debt Limit Again   Highlights   Reports: The Unified Security Task Force has released its budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013, which advocates reducing U.S. military spending by $1 trillion over the next decade, but in a much more gradual manner than sequestration.    News: Should he win reelection, President Obama’s first order of business would be tackling the United States' debt andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/nT8mi0pbFmw/11112-rd-bulletin-obama-signals-support_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/nT8mi0pbFmw" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2012/11/11112-rd-bulletin-obama-signals-support_19.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-2351978544166059292Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:53:00 +00002012-11-19T13:06:44.072-05:0010/25/12 RD Bulletin: Bayonets and Cavalry: "The ’80s called, they want their foreign policy back" Highlights   The PDA Winning Metaphor: PDA was approached this past January by Louis Jacobson of the Tampa Bay Times’ PolitiFact about Gov. Romney’s complaint in a Florida primary debate that the Obama Navy is “the smallest since 1917.”  The resulting PolitiFact “pants on fire” analysis of Romney’s remarks included a PDA-provided metaphor involving horses. We heard that metaphor againhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/zVcNM5WwLXQ/bayonets-and-calvary-80s-called-they.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/zVcNM5WwLXQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2012/10/bayonets-and-calvary-80s-called-they.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660685787828715322.post-7753016184752793592Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:47:00 +00002012-10-19T16:47:53.051-04:0010/18/12 RD Bulletin: Romney Adviser Walks Back 4% of GDP Proposal   Highlights   News: Freshman Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) is proposing cutting approximately $75 billion in federal spending as a “down-payment” in order to delay sequestration by six months.  Coons has shared his idea with the head of the Gang of Eight, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), who is leading deficit reduction talks in the Senate.    News: The chairman of the conservative http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~3/zRLD9ZaG-Bk/101812-rd-bulletin-romney-adviser-walks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rempost)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PDAResetDefenseBulletin/~4/zRLD9ZaG-Bk" height="1" width="1"/>http://pda-rdb.blogspot.com/2012/10/101812-rd-bulletin-romney-adviser-walks.html