Frederico Bartels is a policy analyst for defense budgeting at The Heritage Foundation's Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy.
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The House Armed Services Committee needs to do more if it’s serious about continuing to rebuild the military and meeting the challenges outlined in the… Read More
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Congress could do more to shore up the U.S. military, but at least both houses now acknowledge the need to increase spending to some degree…. Read More
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The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has slashed the Pentagon’s reprogramming authority by 75% in the approved defense appropriations bill reported out on May 15. The… Read More
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House appropriators have now released their budget top lines for every government agency, and their number for the Department of Defense shows they acknowledge the… Read More
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Inside Defense magazine recently reported that the Department of Defense returned $80 billion to the Treasury in canceled funds over the past six years. That… Read More
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The Pentagon on Tuesday released the president’s budget request for defense, which calls for the resources needed to sustain the increase in military readiness experienced… Read More
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Will the Trump administration be able to continue rebuilding our military? That depends in large measure on whether Congress passes the National Defense Authorization Act… Read More
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Rosie the Riveter. Liberty Bonds. Scrap drives. In World War II, it was practically impossible to live a day in the United States without being… Read More
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The Air Force recently came under scrutiny for spending $1,280 apiece on hot cups. The cups have become a symbol of two facts that shape… Read More
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[R]obust U.S. military power produces positive spillovers in other areas of statecraft. … Put simply, if the United States did not command such impressive military… Read More
