Document: Joint Think Tank Report on Future Defense Spending

February 6, 2014 11:51 AM
Four D.C. think tanks took a crack at cutting the Pentagon's budget under sequestration. CSBA Image
Four D.C. think tanks took a crack at cutting the Pentagon’s budget under sequestration. CSBA Image

The following is from the four way defense budget game played by the American Enterprise Institute, Center for a New American Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies and Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment. It’s second attempt in cutting the defense budget under the mandatory financial restrictions of the 2011 Budget Control Act (BCA). The following is from the CSBA report on the overlaps between each think tank’s solution. The think tanks conducted a similar exercise in May

Sam LaGrone

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Sam LaGrone is the editor of USNI News. He has covered legislation, acquisition and operations for the Sea Services since 2009 and spent time underway with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Canadian Navy.
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