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Defense budgets are “sticky” in the near term

May 21, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

In a letter to committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the Democrats, most of whom are in the Congressional Progressive Caucus, urged the panel’s […]

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Why managers pad budgets and build empires: the law of anticipated reactions

December 4, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

To some extent, the strength and security of an organization is associated with its size, the rank of its personnel, and the amount of funds […]

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How to save $1 trillion on defense spending

November 27, 2018 Eric Lofgren 1

I was recently in an interesting round-table discussion where one gentleman was talking about a plan to cut $1 trillion of defense spending over ten years. He said there was interest on this subject from both the progressive left and the deficit hawk right. But how would you do it?

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