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Defense policy experts talked about military budget cuts required as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, and the fiscal cliff. The across-the-board cuts, also called "sequestration, were to go into…

Occupy D.C. and October2011 Movement organizers hosted a panel discussion proposing changes to the federal budget. The event was organized as a “hearing” on the state of the economy,…

The Sustainable Defense Task Force presented the findings of its report on the Pentagon’s possible contribution to deficit reduction. They focused on recommendations for areas in which…

Panelists talked about the security situation in Iraq, operational objectives, and options for “near term” withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. They also talked about the practical…

Participants talked about the long-term impact of current military operations in Iraq and elsewhere on military operations and strategy. Among the topics they addressed were maintaining…

The Cato Institute hosted a panel discussion on the United States Military and War Strategy. Participants talked about the budgetary concerns that go along with a two war strategy.

These panelists examined the impact of abandoning the two-war strategy on the mix of regular and reserve forces in the U.S. military. This was part of a symposium examining the implications…