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Experts Advise Greater Cuts to Pentagon Overhead During SASC Hearing

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

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Experts Advise Greater Cuts to Pentagon Overhead During SASC Hearing

Congress has made cutting Pentagon bureaucracy a goal of its attempts to reform the department, but experts on Nov. 17 told the Senate Armed Services Committee that it should consider more aggressive action.Some of those suggestions—including another round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), eliminating certain Defense Department positions and legislating an end strength on overhead personnel—are unlikely to be well received by all in the Pentagon and Capitol Hill, but are ultimately necessary to spur a change in the…

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Senate Appropriators Concerned With DoD’s Reconciliation Plan For Top FY ‘27 Priorities, Aide Says

Senate defense appropriators have concerns with the Pentagon’s decision to include key fiscal year 2027 funding priorities, such as critical munitions and drones production, among its request for $350 billion […]

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With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]