Congressman John Murtha (D-PA) who has made a career out of using the defense budget to fund companies and jobs in his district gave an interview two weeks ago where he expressed concern about support for defense spending in the U.S. Congress. He believes that the Congress may end up turning their backs on the U.S. military. He seems to be basing this negative opinion on the struggle in the...
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Fueled by their oil wealth which has only increased over the last three years the Gulf States have invested heavily in their defense forces. Much of this is driven by concern about Iran and Iraq and the general instability of parts of the region. Part of it is just that they can. In recent times the U.A.E. has been very aggressive in investing in modern technology such as advanced missile...
Both the Australian and U.S. governments opted to stimulate their economies in this recession by reducing tax withholding on their citizens. This means that each paycheck there is a little more then normal. The idea was that with this more money people would spend it and spur the economy. If you remember last year the Bush Administration sent checks to people with the same hope. Unlike in...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the 2010 Defense Authorization bill. It was for a $550 billion defense budget with another $130 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is one of two bills that must pass each year for the Defense Department to spend money in the next. The second is the Appropriation Bill. In theory the Authorization sets the top line amount that may be...
The British Labor Government is facing a major budget crisis that has been building for several years. The biggest casualty of it all will probably be their Armed Forces. The argument in that country may foreshadow the one to come in the United States. It is almost a given that at some point Obama will need to make major cuts in the U.S. defense spending as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
The U.S. Army and Department of Defense awarded Oshokosh Corporation a contract to build the first two thousand or so MRAP-ATV vehicles for use in Afghanistan. This contract is worth over $1 billion dollars to the company. The MRAP-ATV is a lighter, more maneuverable successor to the many Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles already in use in Iraq and Afghanistan. These were...
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