House Republicans vote to gut health care programs, boost Pentagon
Top General responds to Paul Ryan: ‘I stand by my testimony’
Paul Ryan says U.S. military leaders are lying about budget request
Eric Cantor trying to negotiate year-end trigger bargain
Romney vows to reverse Obama’s ‘massive defense cuts’ … that never happened
The State of the Union and the Military: Balancing Defense With Debt
"Deficit Hawk" received $7.6 billion in federal contracts
We're all learning a lot about how to reduce the deficit today, aren’t we? Personally, I've learned that if you are the CEO of a company that receive 3,135 federal contracts worth a total of $7,581,183,813 over the past decade, as Honeywell International did, then the Associated Press thinks you are a “deficit...
Clock Winds Down on Democratic Dominance in Congress
Deficit commission exacerbates civil war in GOP on defense spending
Republicans are all for austerity when it means veterans and seniors tightening their belts. But they don't like it one bit when it's the corporations that pay for their re-election or employ people in their own districts. Politico highlights the pending GOP civil war over defense spending as heightened by the catfood commission recommendations.
...Democrats Begin Drive to Push Through Priorities Before Elections
Webb: Cut Defense Spending, Too
Former Navy secretary and current Senator Jim Webb, who is also on the Armed Services Committee, adds his voice to the chorus of people calling for the defense budget to be included in a spending freeze.
Saying that there’s no reason military spending should be “sacrosanct,” Webb urged Defense Secretary Robert Gates...
