Two space-based missile defense items, today. NEAR FIELD INFRARED EXPERIMENT Theresa Hitchens noticed an interesting choice of words in the letter that the White House sent to the Senate Appropriations complaining about various recissions in the Defense Appropriations report. You may remember this exchange between Senator Dole and General Kadish: DOLE: General Kadish, could you …
Department of Peace
by | 2004-07-03 | No Comments
Anybody remember the “Department of Peace” proposal? Representative Dennis Kucinich (R-OH) has proposed legislation to create a DOP; Conservatives ridicule the idea. Even my fellow Democrats in Washington react to the idea with a mixture of derision and embarrassment; One liberal blogger called it “sublime kookiness.” In all the giggling (which, I admit, Kucinich has …
Congress kills NFIRE
by | 2004-07-03 | No Comments
Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have killed NFIRE. Guess I don/’t need to finish my NFIRE Fact Sheet. If you want to see the cuts yourself … House Appropriations Committe Report, page 332, line 71.Senate Appropriations Committe Report, page 177, line 71. The Senate seems to have fenced the money, rather than cut …
Russia ratifies Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty
by | 2004-06-26 | No Comments
Russia completed ratification of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty on June 25, Defense News reports. The ratification is welcome news, but it comes amid a troubling political context. Russia is concerned about the expansion of NATO into the Baltics and views the CFE Treaty, which regulates conventional force deployments, as an important mechanism …
