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Defense Budget Increases: How Well Are They Planned and Spent
Author : United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 22,34 MB
Release : 2018-06-05
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ISBN : 9781720647157
Defense Budget Increases: How Well Are They Planned and Spent
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 1982
Category : United States
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This report analyzes how well the Defense Department has managed the increases in obligational authority it has received since ... 1980.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 37,28 MB
Release : 1982
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 1982
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 24,8 MB
Release : 1982
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Author : United States. Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Defence contracts
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Author : Michael E. O'Hanlon
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815729588
U.S. defense spending isn’t excessive and, in fact, should continue to grow because it’s both affordable and necessary in today's challenging world. The United States spends a lot of money on defense—$607 billion in the current fiscal year. But Brookings national security scholar Michael O'Hanlon argues that is roughly the right amount given the overall size of the national economy and continuing U.S. responsibilities around the world. If anything, he says spending should increase modestly under the next president, remaining near 3 percent of gross domestic product. Recommendations in this book differ from the president's budget plan in two key ways. First, the author sees a mismatch in the Pentagon’s current plans between ends and means. The country needs to spend enough money to carry out its military missions and commitments. Second, O'Hanlon recommends dropping a plan to cut the size of the Army from the current 475,000 active-duty soldiers to 450,000. The U.S. national defense budget is entirely affordable—relative to the size of the economy, relative to past levels of effort by this country in the national security domain, and relative, especially, to the costs of failing to uphold a stable international order. Even at a modestly higher price, it will be the best $650 billion bargain going, and a worthy investment in this country’s security and its long-term national power.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 16,11 MB
Release : 2005
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ISBN : 1428910034
Since the war on terrorism began in earnest after September 11, 2001, defense budgets have risen sharply. It would be reassuring to believe that the resources to fight this war will continue to be made available, regardless of its cost or duration, and that Congress and the President will at the same time maintain the broader military capabilities needed to protect the nation's security interests. Fiscal realities, however, have often compromised military capabilities in the past and may do so again in the future. The short-term threat to defense is tied to deficit control. Reducing the very large deficits projected for the next several years will require cutbacks in discretionary spending. As a result, defense will be competing with domestic programs for a shrinking share of the budget, and the politics of this competition could prove highly unfavorable for defense.
Author : Dennis S. Ippolito
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 1995-10
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ISBN : 0788122851
Chapters include: why defense budgets are unstable; post-cold war Transition I: the base force, and Transition II: the Clinton program; the shrinking discretionary spending margin; and risk, reversibility, and defense planning. 50 tables and charts. Index.
Author : Eric Heginbotham
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0833082272
A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas run strongly against the United States. While U.S. aggregate power remains greater than China’s, distance and geography affect outcomes. China is capable of challenging U.S. military dominance on its immediate periphery—and its reach is likely to grow in the years ahead.