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Scowcroft Center Experts on Defense Budget (Atlantic Council, 2014)
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A 2014 Atlantic Council news item in which Scowcroft Center experts comment on the Pentagon's proposed defense budget, addressing congressional battles, spending readjustments post-surge, and the controversy around controlling military personnel costs.
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- •Experts anticipated major congressional resistance to proposed defense budget reforms, especially in an election year.
- •The budget was characterized as a natural post-surge readjustment rather than a new era of austerity, with spending near historical averages.
- •Controlling personnel costs (salaries, pensions, healthcare) was identified as fiscally necessary but politically toxic.
- •The budget was seen as favorable to navy and air force priorities.
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Scowcroft Center Experts on Defense Budget - Atlantic Council Share Close Mail Facebook Twitter / X LinkedIn In the News February 28, 2014 Scowcroft Center Experts on Defense Budget By Barry Pavel Vice President and Scowcroft Center on International Security Director Barry Pavel and Scowcroft Center Senior Fellows James Hasik and James Joyner are quoted by the Financial Times on the new defense budget: “I have no doubt there will be huge congressional battles over what was announced. In an election year, it is going to be hard for Congress to swallow some of these proposed reforms,” says Barry Pavel, a former senior Pentagon official. … The new budget “sustains a lot of stuff that is dear to the navy and to the air force”, says Jim Hasik, a defence expert at the Atlantic Council in Washington. It is in some ways a natural readjustment after the surge in spending over the past decade, rather than a new era of austerity. In constant dollars, the Pentagon will still spend at about its historical average levels, even compared with the cold war when the military challenge it faced was much starker. … Attempts to control personnel costs are even more controversial. Among military analysts it is almost an article of faith that the Pentagon needs to reduce spending on salaries, pensions and healthcare if it is to have money for new weapons programmes. “Realigning personnel costs and funding the pension system just has to be done, but it is a sort of third rail now,” says James Joyner, a professor at the US Marine Corps Staff College. Read the full article here. Related Experts: James Hasik and James Joyner Print this page Share this page ERROR MESSAGE HEADING ERROR MESSAGE SUBHEADING ERROR MESSAGE CONTENT ERROR MESSAGE INFO Oops... It looks like we're having a technical issue. If refreshing the page doesn't resolve the issue you could try clearing the sites browser cache. Pro Tip: If you're on a laptop or desktop you can flush everything the browser currently has cached for the site by simply holding down the Shift key while clicking the browsers refresh icon at the same time. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Ok
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