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October 15, 2013November 11, 2013Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D

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Four Budget Practices That Are Destroying America’s Defenses (From Forbes)

October 15, 2013November 11, 2013Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D

Congress has become so absorbed in internecine political struggles that it has lost sight of how distortions in the budget process are damaging the nation’s defense posture. Sequestration, congressionally-imposed inflexibility, continuing resolutions and the looming specter of debt default all pose a threat to funding of the armed forces. Collectively, they create a cascading series of consequences that make coherent execution of national strategy and fiscal efficiency nearly impossible. I have written a commentary for Forbes on how Congress is unwittingly destroying the greatest military in history, which you can read here.

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