Clinton Legacy Watch # 17: Dangers of a ‘Hollow Military’
(Washington, D.C.): Even as President Clinton earnestly tries to signal determination to use significant military power against Saddam Hussein's Iraq,...
Defense
U.S. Military Feels Strain Of Buildup Gaps Are Showing In Other Theaters
By Bradley Graham Washington Post, 05 February 1998 After naval engagements dating back to the Cuban missile crisis, the aging...
Generals Mundy, Kroesen and Davis testify on landmines
Generals Carl Mundy (USMC, Ret.), Frederick Kroesen (USA, Ret.) and Raymond Davis (USMC, Ret.) Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
Testimony By Distinguished Four-Star Generals Appears To Persuade Key Senator Of The Folly Of A Complete Ban On Landmines
(Washington, D.C.): Powerful testimony delivered today by three of the Nation's most respected retired four-star generals seemed to have dissuaded...
Profiles In Courage: Top Generals Testify Against Defective, Dangerous Bans On Anti-Personnel Landmines
(Washington, D.C.): A breath of fresh air will blow through the United States Senate tomorrow. In a hearing before the...
Stopping Gender-Integrated Training Should Be Only The Beginning of the End of Social Experimentation in the Military
(Washington, D.C.): The Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integration Training and Related Issues has rocked the U.S. military with its unexpected...
The Baby And The Bath Water: Insights On Desert Storm Argue For Resources To Fund Both Modernization And Readiness
(Washington, D.C.): In an important op.ed. article in today's Wall Street Journal (see the attached), Stephen Biddle warns that those...
Clinton Legacy Watch #2: The Re-Emergence of a Hollow US Military
(Washington, D.C.): President Clinton reportedly has become obsessed with his "place in history." If so, he would do well to...
Summary Of The Center For Security Policy’s High-Level Roundtable Discussion On Tiltrotor Technology And ‘Joint Vision 2010
In the fall of 1996, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John M. Shalikashvili, released a document entitled...
Center Roundtable on Tiltrotor Technology Resonates With Members of Congress, Senior Military and Industry
(Washington, D.C.): On 9 April 1997, the Center for Security Policy convened the latest in its series of high-level Roundtable...
The B-2: A Key Component of the Cost-Effective Defenses Needed for the 21st Century
(Washington, D.C.): 1997 promises to be a decisive year for the American military. A new Secretary of Defense will be...
We need the bat-winged bomber
By Jim Courter and Loren The Washington Times, 02 January 1997 Thompson William Cohen's designation as the president's choice to...
Election ’96 Endgame: There’s Still Time– and An Urgent Need — to Address Security Policy Issues
(Washington, D.C.): The almost complete absence of discussion of foreign and defense policy in the course of the 1996 Presidential...
1996 Keeper of the Flame Award: Newt Gingrich
Last night, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, delivered an address concerning U.S. security policy that can only...
WILL THE X-33 DECISION USHER IN A NEW ‘GOLDIN ERA’ FOR U.S. SPACE ACCOMPLISHMENT?
(Washington, D.C.): Tomorrow, NASA administrator Daniel Goldin is expected to make what may be the most far-reaching space-related initiative since...
CLINTON’S DETERMINATION TO LEAVE AMERICA DEFENSELESS SHOULD DOOM START II
Last night, by a vote of 51-43, the United States Senate completed work on a landmark piece of legislation: H.R....