Issue Brief posted May 15, 2012 by Steven P. Bucci, Ph.D., Baker Spring
Congress Should Invest in Seapower over Bureaucracy
The U.S. House of Representatives showed strong support for national security when it voted through a reconciliation process to override the sequestration cuts scheduled for defense in January 2013. By following the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) lead in raising the top-line budget for defense over the President’s fiscal year 2013 request, Congress can sustain…
Issue Brief posted February 29, 2012 by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
All Congressional Hands on Deck: Cutting Coast Guard Cutters Big Mistake
The National Security Cutter (NSC) is the Coast Guard’s flagship for the future. Commandant Admiral Robert Papp recently declared, “The NSC is proving to be a vital instrument for protecting American maritime security and prosperity.”[1] Yet in his fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget request, the President cuts the two vessels that were supposed to complete the fleet. Congress…
WebMemo on June 7, 2010
Budget Cuts Could Harm Navy
Under the current Administration, domestic entitlement programs and interest on the national debt remain firmly entrenched as the fastest growing portions of the federal budget; only discretionary programs are at risk for budget cuts. Accounting for 60 percent of discretionary funds, national security is the most at-risk slice of federal spending. Within the national…