Center for Defense Information

Type: Organization

Name: Center for Defense Information

First reported Feb 20 2013 - Updated Feb 21 2013 - 1 reports

Raymond Odierno

America's military can handle anything ... except a budget cut | Michael Cohen

The military's scare tactics on spending cuts are grossly misleading and show a Defense Department unwilling to evolve On 1 March, the most dreaded word in Washington will become a fiscal reality – sequestration. Just those four syllables are enough to ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 20 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Sequestration, Raymond Odierno, Harry S Truman

First reported Jan 09 2013 - Updated Jan 09 2013 - 1 reports

Lockheed Martin F-35

Junk F-35, Says POGO Director Amid Pricing, Underperformance Issues

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter aircraft is an under-performing plane, according to Winslow Wheeler, Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information, a part of the Project on Government Oversight.According to Wheeler, ... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Jan 09 2013]

Entities: Lockheed Martin F-35, Winslow Wheeler, Lockheed Martin Corp, Center for Defense Information

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The uniformed military is no less ominous in its warnings. Admiral Jonathan Greenert, head of US Naval Operations, says the cuts will "dramatically reduce: (pdf) our overseas presence; our ability to respond to crises; our efforts to counter terrorism and illicit trafficking" and "may irreversibly damage the military industrial base"...

America's military can handle anything ... except a budget cut | Michael Cohen [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 20 2013]

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