Pentagon Cuts in Context: No reason for "doomsday" hysteria. Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #50, 11 October 2011. Analyzes the potential impact of the Budget Control Act on the defense budget under different scenarios and compares likely future budget levels to past ones.
- Resource compilation: The Pentagon Budget and Jobs: How Does Defense Spending Rate for Job Creation? Compiled & edited by Ethan Rosenkranz.
- Resource compilation: A Short Tour of Pentagon Financial Mismanagement, Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Compiled & edited by Ethan Rosenkranz and Carl Conetta.
Pentagon Review Must Aim for More than Modest Cuts in Defense Spending. PDA Briefing Memo #49, 25 April 2011. The President's proposal to trim DoD's future budget plans by 6.5% or $400 billion over 12 years is a modest step. The forthcoming Pentagon review must aim higher in order to achieve sustainability. Two charts summarize past and planned Pentagon budgets.
Continuing Resolution: Congress Goes Easy on DoD. PDA Briefing Memo #48, 17 March 2011. Examines House and Senate allocation of budget cuts to defense and non-defense accounts for 2011 fiscal year.
The Pentagon and Deficit Reduction: FY-2012 Budget Retains Exceptional Level of Defense Spending. [HTML Version] Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #47, 1 March 2011. Reviews military spending plans for 2012-2016. 10 tables and charts.
Pentagon Resists Deficit Reduction. PDA Briefing Memo #46, 30 January 2011. Examines Defense Secretary Gates' offer to cut $78 billion from defense plans over five years. Two tables compare different spending scenarios.
Also see:
- Are We Ready to Cut Defense Spending? What the Polls Say. Carl Conetta and Charles Knight, Huffington Post, 11 February 2011. Reviews recent polling data on the change in public attitudes toward defense spending.
- Defense Budget Resources 2011 - Critical Perspectives on the Pentagon Budget and US Military Spending. Compiled by the Project on Defense Alternatives.
- Toward a Sustainable Defense Budget
- Why is the Pentagon Budget So High?
