This introductory event marks the release of a Defending Defense brief, designed to separate myth from fact in the current defense-spending debate.

Is the overpaid federal worker really just a myth? Not according to academic research.

If Obama's defense cuts are realized, this modern day "hollow force" will be less capable of securing America's interests and preserving the international leadership role that rests upon military preeminence.

Two decades later we can see how many Americans, including our leaders, drew the wrong lessons from Desert Storm--creating myths that haunt us to this day.

If this so-called "Super Committee" falls short—or if the required deficit reduction legislation is not enacted by January 15, 2012—then the Pentagon's long-term budget will suffer the brunt of the consequences.

Could Obama's energy plan actually work?

AEI scholar Joseph Antos warns that the Baucus Bill could add $270 billion to the federal deficit.

The idea circulating in European capitals that the responsibility forbudget and balance of paymentdeficits is solely that of the United States is wrong.