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Analysts See Early 2015 As Window To Reform Defense Spending

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 15th, 2014

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Analysts See Early 2015 As Window To Reform Defense Spending

Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

There is a short window of time early next year when the White House, Pentagon, Congress and advocacy groups could get together and work out a comprehensive plan to rein in defense spending, several analysts said Thursday morning, but they’d need to tackle difficult issues and do it quickly. Speaking at a Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series event, American Enterprise Institute resident fellow Mackenzie Eaglen said contrary to the popular idea that major reform can only be tackled early in…

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