AP – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday America must not economize on security but rather strengthen national defense by rebuilding the Navy and Air Force and adding 100,000 active duty personnel. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – On the first day of work on Thursday for a “super committee” charged with finding $1.2 trillion in new government savings, a member of the panel threatened to quit if defense spending cuts are discussed, underscoring the difficulties ahead. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Senator Jon Kyl, a Republican member of the “super committee” deficit-reduction panel in Congress on Thursday said he would quit the panel if new defense spending cuts are considered. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Large new cuts in defense spending would “terribly weaken” U.S. national security, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday as he and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used a rare joint interview to argue that the nation cannot afford to keep playing partisan chicken with its finances. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – President Barack Obama has chosen as his new deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter, a top Pentagon official who dealt with North Korea and the denuclearization of former Soviet republics. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned on Wednesday that any across-the-board cuts to defense spending as part of the next stage of deficit reduction efforts could do “real damage” to national security. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – President Barack Obama has chosen as his new deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter, a top Pentagon official who dealt with North Korea and the denuclearization of former Soviet republics. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – General Martin Dempsey, the nominee to be the next chief uniformed officer of the US military, said Tuesday that major cuts in defense spending would pose a “very high risk” to the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
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