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

2. 2 What is the “Defense Budget?” ($Billions, “Total” Budget Authority) Category20062007 per New CR + New Supp 2008 (Request) “Peacetime” DOD412.3432.0468.9 (+8.5% nominal) War and Goodies125.870.0 + 99.7 Total DOD538.1601.7 DOE/Defense18.116.0 Misc5.64.5 National Defense561.8622.2 Homeland Security (non-DOD) 38.434.8 DVA70.436.5 (+ ~41) = ~77.5 International27.732.7 Grand Total698.3~767.2

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

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

5. 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. 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.