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"The $78 billion in defense budget cuts announced by the Pentagon take the Obama administration's assault on American military strength across a new threshold"
--AEI scholar Thomas Donnelly writing on The Enterprise Blog
AEI scholars Thomas (Tom) Donnelly, director of AEI's Center for Defense Studies, and Gary Schmitt, Director of AEI's Advanced Strategic Studies, are available to comment on Defense Secretary Robert Gates's announcement that the Pentagon will cut $78 billion in spending over the next five years, forcing the Army and Marine Corps to shrink the number of troops on active duty and impose the first military spending freeze since 9/11.
For additional reading on the defense budget, please go to:
Defending Defense: A Response to Recent Deficit Reduction Proposals
November 23, 2010
Thomas Donnelly & Gary Schmitt
October 4, 2010
(AEI president) Arthur Brooks, Edwin Feulner & William Kristol
June 7, 2010
Thomas Donnelly & Gary Schmitt
In addition, check AEI's Center for Defense Studies for commentary on defense issues in general, including the Pentagon's budget.
Tom Donnelly can be reached at thomas.donnelly@aei.org; Gary Schmitt at gschmitt@aei.org. For help in reaching the scholars, or for additional media inquiries, please contact Sara Huneke at sara.huneke@aei.org (202.862.4870).
AEI's in-house ReadyCam TV studio--for live and taped interviews--can be booked through VideoLink at 617.340.4300. To book AEI's radio booth and ISDN lines, please contact Sara Huneke at sara.huneke@aei.org.
