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Lawrence J Korb

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Name: Lawrence J Korb

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Iraqi Freedom at 10

Americans remain divided about the decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein. According to a recent Gallup poll, 53 percent consider the invasion of Iraq a mistake. A closer look shows a stark contrast between Republicans and Democrats. While only 30 percent ... [Published Harvard Political Review - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Lawrence J Korb, Stephen Walt, Iraq

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

US National Security Agency

NSA Leaks Raises Questions About Dark World Of Government Contracting

The fact that the leaks of highly classified information on the government’s surveillance activities came from a contractor rather than a government employee is shining a light on the vast and largely secret world of intelligence contracting.The Guar ... [Published International Business Times Canada - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Lawrence J Korb, US National Security Agency, SECURITY CLEARANCE, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Bipartisan Thinktank Defense Experts Urge Congress, Sec Def Hagel To Close Bases, Change DoD Pay

WASHINGTON: In an extraordinary letter to defense lawmakers and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, experts from nine Washington think tanks on the left and the right call for fundamental fixes to the defense budgets that, left undone, “threaten the health ... [Published AOL Defense - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Center for a New American Security, Chuck Hagel, Military/Armed Forces, American Enterprise Institute

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Tom Udall

Foes unite in opposition to sending arms to Syria

Sen. Tom Udall, a New Mexico Democrat, and Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, don't often agree on issues, but when the question of arming Syrian rebels arose in the Senate last week, the typically disparate politicians suddenly saw eye-to-eye.Last ... [Published Albuquerque Journal - May 26 2013]

Entities: Tom Udall, Syria, Lawrence J Korb, United States, Rand Paul

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Lawrence Korb: National Security On A Budget (Rebroadcast)

As the U.S. emerges from a decade of war and a Great Recession, defense expert and former Reagan Pentagon official Lawrence Korb says we can and should cut our military spending. We’ll get his ideas on how to do so as the country faces evolving threats, ... [Published NHPR - May 25 2013]

Entities: Lawrence J Korb, National Security, Military Expenditure, Cyber Attack

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Jim Talent

A Debate on Global Threats in he Age of Austerity

At High Noon in Washington on Wednesday, National Review and the Heritage Foundation will be co-hosting a debate on “Global Threats in the Age of Austerity.” I will have the honor of co-moderating with Heritage’s Jim Carafano — my strategy for looking ... [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 13 2013]

Entities: Threat, Jim Talent, Lawrence J Korb, Danielle Pletka, Mark Jacobson

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Report: The Pentagon Must Cut Spending

F-35 President Obama’s Pentagon budget proposal exceed’s last year’s request by $1 billion and CAP defense budget experts Lawrence Korb, Alex Rothman and Max Hoffman think the White House can do better. “This is a missed opportunity to realign our ... [Published Think Progress - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Military Expenditure, Max Hoffman, Lawrence J Korb

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

Overwhelmed By Rising Health Costs, Pentagon Pushes For More Out-Of-Pocket Fees For Retired Soldiers

The rising cost of health care in the United States has prompted some of the nation’s most contentious policy debates, with spending on entitlements for the poor and elderly a constant source of tension between lawmakers. One policy that has enjoyed ... [Published Think Progress - Apr 09 2013]

Entities: Chuck Hagel, Gary Roughead, Health Care, Active Duty

First reported Mar 19 2013 - Updated Mar 19 2013 - 1 reports

Lawrence Korb: Still Suffering the Damage: Iraq 10 Years Later

As we mark the painful anniversary of what the late Ted Sorensen called the Bush administration's "mindless, needless, senseless" invasion and occupation of Iraq, none of the architects of the war have yet publicly apologized for their dereliction of ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 19 2013]

Entities: Lawrence J Korb, Iraq, Ted Sorensen

First reported Feb 23 2013 - Updated Feb 23 2013 - 1 reports

Foreign Policy Mag: Hagel Can 'Get Back at' GOP Critics with Base Closings

Lawrence J. Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, wrote an article at Foreign Policy magazine Wednesday that can best be described as a threat delivered by a Hagel apologist to Republican critics disguised as journalism. Aptly ... [Published Breitbart Feed - Feb 23 2013]

Entities: Lawrence J Korb, Foreign Policy, Republican Party (US), Military/Armed Forces

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

Hagel's Revenge - By Lawrence J. Korb and Lauren Linde

How Obama's new Pentagon chief can get back at his Republican enemies. ... [Published Foreign Policy - Feb 20 2013]

Entities: Lawrence J Korb

First reported Feb 13 2013 - Updated Feb 13 2013 - 1 reports

Defense Cuts Will be Required

Lawrence Korb has impeccable credentials as a conservative who served in the Reagan administration as Assistant Defense Secretary. He published an op-ed titled U.S. can afford $500 billion in (smart) defense cuts that proffers a view that America ... [Published EnduringSense - Feb 13 2013]

Entities: Lawrence J Korb, Sequestration, Debt Ceiling, Military/Armed Forces, Medicaid

Quotes

"Some problems you've got to live with," Korb said. "this idea that we can solve the (world's) problems and get it all done; we just don't have the wherewithal."

Foes unite in opposition to sending arms to Syria [Published Albuquerque Journal - May 26 2013]

"somehow, the idea that if we go back to 2007 military funding levels we're going to be a second-rate power, well that's overdoing it" said Lawrence Korb, a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress and a former U S assistant defense secretary

Sequestration Warnings May Be Overblown, Experts Say [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Feb 15 2013]

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MJ Rosenberg: Arming the Syrian Rebels: A Terri... [Published Huffington Post - 10 hours ago]
Iraqi Freedom at 10 [Published Harvard Political Review - Jun 12 2013]
National Forensic League Announces 2013 Nationa... [Published eSchool News - Jun 11 2013]
NSA Leaks Raises Questions About Dark World Of ... [Published International Business Times Canada - Jun 11 2013]
Insiders: Congress Ineffective in Oversight of ... [Published Yahoo! News - Jun 11 2013]
Bipartisan Thinktank Defense Experts Urge Congr... [Published AOL Defense - Jun 03 2013]
Foes unite in opposition to sending arms to Syria [Published Albuquerque Journal - May 26 2013]
Lawrence Korb: National Security On A Budget (R... [Published NHPR - May 25 2013]
Insiders Split on Edits of Benghazi Talking Points [Published National Journal - May 21 2013]
A Debate on Global Threats in he Age of Austerity [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 13 2013]
Report: The Pentagon Must Cut Spending [Published Think Progress - Apr 12 2013]
The Pentagon Must Carry Its Weight [Published Center for American Progress National Security - Apr 11 2013]
Overwhelmed By Rising Health Costs, Pentagon Pu... [Published Think Progress - Apr 09 2013]
‘Enough is enough’: Obama bombarded with demand... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Mar 23 2013]
Lawrence Korb: Still Suffering the Damage: Iraq... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 19 2013]
Defense Spending Myths: Cutting Through the Noise [Published Think Progress - Mar 08 2013]
Israeli drumbeat grows for Pollard’s release ah... [Published Mondoweiss - Mar 07 2013]
'Pollard Didn't Deserve to Receive a Life Sente... [Published Arutz Sheva News - Mar 05 2013]
Poll: Voters Prefer Military Spending Cuts To R... [Published Think Progress - Feb 25 2013]
Foreign Policy Mag: Hagel Can 'Get Back at' GOP... [Published Breitbart Feed - Feb 23 2013]
Hagel's Revenge - By Lawrence J. Korb and Laure... [Published Foreign Policy - Feb 20 2013]
Sequestration Warnings May Be Overblown, Expert... [Published The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - Feb 15 2013]
The United States Should Reduce Its Nuclear Ars... [Published Think Progress - Feb 13 2013]
Defense Cuts Will be Required [Published EnduringSense - Feb 13 2013]
The Bogus “Drop” in Defense Spending [Published Firedoglake - Jan 31 2013]
Why defense spending plunged 22% last quarter —... [Published Ezra Klein - Jan 30 2013]
Obama's non-closing of GITMO, kind NYT headline... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 29 2013]
'France follows colonial agenda in Mali' [Published St George West - Jan 28 2013]
Institutionalised Assassination: 'US drone stri... [Published St George West - Jan 21 2013]
Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Bud... [Published The Nation - Jan 18 2013]

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A Debate on Global Threats in he Age of Austerity [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 13 2013] At High Noon in Washington on Wednesday, National Review and the Heritage Foundation will be co-hosting a debate on “Global Threats in the Age of Austerity.” I will have the honor of co-moderating with Heritage’s Jim Carafano — my strategy for looking ...
Report: The Pentagon Must Cut Spending [Published Think Progress - Apr 12 2013] F-35 President Obama’s Pentagon budget proposal exceed’s last year’s request by $1 billion and CAP defense budget experts Lawrence Korb, Alex Rothman and Max Hoffman think the White House can do better. “This is a missed opportunity to realign our ...
Overwhelmed By Rising Health Costs, Pentagon Pu... [Published Think Progress - Apr 09 2013] The rising cost of health care in the United States has prompted some of the nation’s most contentious policy debates, with spending on entitlements for the poor and elderly a constant source of tension between lawmakers. One policy that has enjoyed ...
Lawrence Korb: Still Suffering the Damage: Iraq... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 19 2013] As we mark the painful anniversary of what the late Ted Sorensen called the Bush administration's "mindless, needless, senseless" invasion and occupation of Iraq, none of the architects of the war have yet publicly apologized for their dereliction of ...
Defense Spending Myths: Cutting Through the Noise [Published Think Progress - Mar 08 2013] Lawrence Korb is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Lauren Linde, an intern at the Center, co-authored this post. In deciding on how best to deal with our deficit crisis, the prospect of cutting the defense budget has been ...