Warner: Climate change a national security issue
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Gates' proposed defense reforms highly unlikely Clovis News Journal - Clovis,NM
Gates' proposed defense reforms highly unlikely
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The military-media-industrial complex Media Matters for America
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Blogging will slow. Our Beloved Hero Brother is Cricified today, for us.
I'll be with Him as best I can these next 3 days, reading his words, and pondering His imponderable Love for us. Gandhi's #1 Hero; ML King's, Romero's, Teresa's, Start's.... Oh, He Loved us so. I want that same Love within me for us all. Always have. My dad had it, pretty much.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Gates Prepares ‘Fundamental Shift’ in Defense Funding Priorities
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates plans to brief congressional leaders and announce Monday a "fundamental shift" in defense spending and priorities, his spokesman said Friday. http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=3&docID=news-000003093216&mp=Most_Emailed
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Gates Prepares ‘Fundamental Shift’ in Defense Funding Priorities
These are not changes to the margins. This is a fundamental shift in direction," Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. "And the secretary's point of view argues for an unconventional approach in explaining that shift to the American people." http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=3&docID=news-000003093216&mp=Most_Emailed
Your final battle, your final chance for Earth: Gates Planning Major Changes In Programs, Defense Budget
take large whacks at others, including some with powerful constituencies on Capitol Hill and among influential contractors, making his announcement more of an opening bid than a decisive end to weeks of sometimes acrimonious internal Pentagon debate. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040304080.html
Friday, April 3, 2009
Senators Wary Of Purported FCS Cutbacks
Reports that the Pentagon may be considering drastic cutbacks to elements of the Army's $160 billion Future Combat Systems (FCS) program are alarming some key members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/FCS040209.xml&headline=Senators%20Wary%20Of%20Purported%20FCS%20Cutbacks&channel=defense
Making Robots More Like Us
The military applications are myriad--but next-generation robots have plenty of commercial potential too. http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/02/robot-military-wharton-entrepreneurs-technology-robot.html
***Scrapping nuclear arms is now realpolitik
The two leaders can move beyond traditional arms control and, in a bold move, set the world on a course towards the total elimination of all nuclear weapons - global zero. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6011286.ece
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Slowing down on posting for a while. Double Shifts at the White House
Troy, who with Connie and me have been maintaining the Vigil is away for several weeks. Hence my computer time is cut to nil. I'm sure I'll sneak some time in, but not much.
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"There is an increasing understanding from the [Office of the Secretary of Defense] leadership that the concept of preventing war, using resources to strengthen our allies, is effectively an insurance policy," says James McAleese, of McAleese and Associates, in Washington. "The payoff is, you save a trillion dollars from avoiding pulling us into the next war." http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=3540
**** Dem. Pigs at the military Trough!
we write to urge your support for full funding of the DDG-1000 program in the FY10 President's budget, and request that you continue a thorough and transparent review and evaluation of the Navy's proposal to truncate the DDG-1000 program and restart DDG-51 production. http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2009/03/letter-to-secretary-gates-on-ddg-1000.html
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Defense budget plan could be pushed to May
Senior Defense Department officials earlier this year set a mid-April target for finalizing President Barack Obama's first defense spending request. Earlier this month, the delivery date was pushed back to late April. http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=4015838
Raytheon quietly underwrites publicity effort for Navy's DDG-1000 destroyer program
With a big stake in the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program, Raytheon Company is bankrolling a campaign aimed at building support to keep the futuristic ship in production, a spokeswoman confirmed today. http://blog.al.com/live/2009/03/raytheon_quietly_underwrites_d.html
Senator: Expect painful cuts in Pentagon budget
A Senate defense committee chairman says Pentagon budget will include large, painful cuts. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/31/national/w094706D43.DTL
***Obama, Russia's Medvedev to reopen talks on nuclear arms
The U.S. and Russian presidents, in a sidebar meeting at the G-20 summit, agree to renew discussions on reducing the nations' warheads. Obama also spends time bonding with Britain's Gordon Brown. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-g20-obama2-2009apr02,0,1798275.story
Spend More Wisely on National Security
Some say the country is spending what it must to protect itself in dangerous times. But this is simply false. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lt-general-robert-g-gard-jr-/spend-more-wisely-on-nati_b_181266.html
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
*****Defense Ministry eyes possible lift of US ban on foreign sales of F-22 fighter
The Defense Ministry will closely follow discussions in Congress next month over the United States' 2010 fiscal defense budget amid growing speculation that a ban on foreign sales of the stealth F-22 fighter jet may be lifted to keep the threatened production line alive. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727563436&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
GAO: Weapons programs remain far over budget
Many of the Pentagon's biggest weapons programs remain well over budget as problems with the weapons buying process leads to higher price tags than originally planned for fighter jets, missiles, warships and other equipment, according to a report released Monday. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/03/30/ap6230473.html
Nearly 7 in 10 major U.S. arms programs over budget
Nearly 70 percent of the Pentagon's 96 major weapons-buying programs were over budget in 2008 for combined cost growth of $296 billion above original estimates, congressional auditors said in an annual report released on Monday. http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52T6UE20090330
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