by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 27, 2013 | Monitor
The entire U.S. military is terrified of the impending budget cuts scheduled to hit Friday. But the Army thinks the cuts are demonic.
by Paul Hamill | Feb 27, 2013 | Monitor
Sequestration is a big issue, and a big problem. Lisa Lambert from Reuters joins us discussing the issues and how they impact the States. Lisa is the country’s leading expert on local government and State finance issues. As we have discussed on our blog before,...
by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 20, 2013 | Monitor
What do you do when forthcoming budget cuts threaten your routine military operations? If you’re the Navy, you start frantically tweeting your contingency plans.
by Sam LaGrone | Feb 11, 2013 | Monitor
The Navy is dealing with the military’s impending budget fiasco by putting its aircraft carriers on the firing line. It’s unexpected, but it might actually be a smart move — if Congress cancels the deepest budget cuts. (Big if.)
by BGen Stephen A. Cheney USMC (Ret.) | Jan 7, 2013 | Monitor
After lawmakers and the Obama administration hit the brakes and kept the country from going over the fiscal cliff at the close of 2012, Washington lurches forward with a new two-month deadline in yet another last-ditch attempt to avoid broad federal spending cuts. We...