It’s hard to keep track of what officials have said about sequestration, the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget and defense cuts changing the military at the same time as defense strategy changes, so the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Burke Chair in Strategy has put together an overview to help.
Arleigh Burke Chair Anthony Cordesman prepared a summary of official reporting on defense strategy shifts on the impact on sequestration as well as the FY ’14 budget request as they were briefed by the Office of the Sectary of Defense and by each service.
“This summary is a reference based almost exclusively on the charts, graphs, and tables offered in official reporting,” Cordesman said in his summary. “It covers the key shifts during FY 2011-FY 2013, between FY 2013 and FY 2014, and in the future year request through FY 2018.”
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The United States has made “major cuts” in its planned defense spending, and some of the cuts “are having an important impact on U.S. deterrent and warfighting capabilities,” Cordesman said.
However, the reference shows the United States plans to “preserve its readiness, key power projection capabilities, and make major continuing improvements in military modernization.”
The report can be found at: https://csis.org/publication/defense-cuts-sequestration-and-us-defense-budget