Topic: Lawrence Korb

Defense spending panel says sequestration wouldn't be disastrous

Government Executive - 19 days ago
Automatically triggered budget cuts are unlikely to occur and would not be catastrophic to the Defense Department anyway, experts said Wednesday...

Pentagon planners aren't planning for mandated cuts

Las Vegas Sun - 63 days ago
From an editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:You don't think of the nuclear warheads on top of Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missiles as going bad. But in fact, the weapons, located in hardened silos through the American West, do have an ...

Top Army recruiter weighs fat camp for recruits

AP News - 1128 days ago
Army's top recruiter weighs starting a slim-down camp for overweight recruits to boost ranksThe Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting a fat farm to ...

Airstike on Iranian-Run Insurgent Camps Needed, Says Ambassador

Crosswalk - 1366 days ago
There is evidence that the Islamic Republic of Iran is providing support to insurgent groups in Iraq that has resulted in the death of U.S. servicemen there and the further destabilization of the country, according to U.S. Maj. Gen. Rick ...

Army's Modernization Effort Draws Liberal Fire

Crosswalk - 1400 days ago
The U.S. Army's effort to make its ground combat forces more agile and versatile is coming under fire by liberal lawmakers and special interest groups that are pressing for funding cuts, a conservative defense policy analyst said.. According to the ...