The New Defense Budget: Any “Help on the Way?” Winslow T. Wheeler Director, Straus Military Reform Project Center for Defense Information February 2007.

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The New Defense Budget: Any “Help on the Way?” Winslow T. Wheeler Director, Straus Military Reform Project Center for Defense Information February 2007

2 What is the “Defense Budget?” ($Billions, “Total” Budget Authority) Category per New CR + New Supp 2008 (Request) “Peacetime” DOD (+8.5% nominal) War and Goodies Total DOD DOE/Defense Misc National Defense Homeland Security (non-DOD) DVA (+ ~41) = ~77.5 International Grand Total698.3~767.2

3 Department of Defense Spending over Time (Constant 2006 Dollars)

4 Promises for Help Transformation: Remove Fog from the Battlefield Budget: Increase % of GDP for Defense Earmarks: Reform Oversight: End Republican Over-looking

5 Oversight Easy Army Readiness in ConUS: Basically spoon fed. Supplemental War Funding: Change timing. Civilian Deaths from Terrorism Hard Army Readiness in Iraq: Magic wand in Kuwait? Emergency Funding: End gimmicks for Pork & Deficit. Civilian Deaths from US/Israeli Air Ops

6 Report Card Transformation: Budget: DOD Earmark Reform: Oversight: Grade Not Received. Foggy Day; sensors did not pick it up. Targets refused to cooperate. Unit Commander turned off his receiver. A+ for Advertising. Politicians successfully convinced it’s too small. F. N ot one earmark removed from 2007 DOD Approps/Auth bills; bought off on HASC/SASC MilCon; plus breast, ovarian, & prostate cancer. H. Res. 5/S.1Reforms” = Free Advertising for Porkers. No Testing Performed Only easy quizes so far; no real exams yet.