By Sarah Tully Budget Deal On October 26, congressional leaders announced a two-year budget deal to increase discretionary spending caps for defense and non-defense spending for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017. The bill also suspends the debt limit until March 15, 2017. The deal raises defense spending by $25 billion over the caps set by […]
New Budget Deal Based on Gimmicks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2015 Amanda Waldron awaldron@armscontrolcenter.org 202.546.0795 x2115 Cell: 202.264.9400 Washington, DC–Yesterday, congressional leaders announced a two-year budget deal to increase discretionary spending caps for defense and non-defense spending for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017. The bill also suspends the debt limit until March 15, 2017. The deal raises the […]
Greg Terryn for the National Interest: Hillary is Right on Loose Nukes
In the last debate, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed that the spread of loose nuclear weapons and materials is the greatest threat our country faces . Here’s why she’s right.
Council: Front and Center – October 17
An update on arms control, national security, and politics from Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation What’s News: Off-Budget Gimmicks Pass Through Congress…For Now After successfully avoiding a government shutdown (to December, at least), both chambers of Congress turned to voting on the National Defense Authorization Act conference report. […]
VICE News : John Isaacs Quoted on Overseas Contingency Operations
There’s a Fight Brewing Over the Pentagon’s ‘Slush Fund’ by Matt Yurus The Pentagon’s war-fighting funds were supposed to shrink, and ultimately disappear, as the military’s efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq wound down — but the opposite is happening. Congress’s 2016 defense policy bill would increase the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account by $38 billion, bringing […]
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