Today’s moment of sheer Jamesian confusion comes from Rep. Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) disclosure today that Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is larding the Defense Department appropriations bill with God-knows-what. From a press briefing Hoyer gave earlier:
Mr. Hoyer: …On Thursday we’ll do the Department of Defense Appropriation Act. There are, by
Here’s Sen. Carl Levin’s (D-Mich.) statement on today’s passage of his amendment to strip F-22 funding from the defense authorization:
Today’s vote is a significant victory for our men and women in uniform, for the taxpayers and for reforming the way we do business in Washington. The Senate faced
Just-released remarks from the Rose Garden on the Senate’s decision to strip funding for the F-22 fighter jet:
I want to say a few words about a very important vote that just took place in Congress.
Long before I took this office, I argued that meeting our greatest challenges
Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.)’s amendment to strip funding for the F-22 fighter jet passed five minutes ago on the Senate floor. Levin’s office recorded the vote as 58 in favor and 40 against. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has just won his first major legislative fight over More…
Defense Secretary Bob Gates took a tour of the armed services’ war colleges last week to deliver the message that the Army, Navy and Air Force need to focus more on institutional support for the two wars that the United States is currently fighting and less on long-desired weapons systems More…
Defense Secretary Bob Gates walked into the Air Force’s War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama today and explained why he cut the F-22 fighter jet:
I keep rubbing my eyes and jabbing at my forearm with the point of a safety pin, and yet I keep seeing the secretary and the chief of staff of the Air Force saying a mournful public goodbye to the F-22:
Make no mistake: Air dominance remains an essential
As part of President Obama and Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ pledge for a more responsible Pentagon budget process, the practice of funding the costs of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars — something that obscures the true defense bill — is coming to an end, but not before a final supplemental More…
Apropos of the Glenn Beck clip that Dave posted, I suppose it misses the point to note that Beck is either incompetent or lying when he says President Obama’s 4-percent increase to the defense budget cuts “national defense,” or releasing Guantanamo detainees onto the streets without process, not More…
Brian Beutler continues to bird-dog the “Obama is cutting spending” meme that’s both untrue and useful for rolling back Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ reforms. Here’s what Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told me yesterday (again):
“These are not
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