Allen West: Keeping “the flame” burning
Rep. Allen West (R-FL) salutes Rep. Buck McKeon, the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, at the Center for...
Defense Budget & Expenditures
Jon Kyl: Saluting Buck McKeon’s “unwavering commitment to strong national defense”
Three-term Senator from Arizona Jon Kyl joined the Center for Security Policy in honoring Congressman Buck McKeon with the 2011...
Rep. Howard ‘Buck’ McKeon, Keeper of the Flame
The United States is teetering at the precipice of disaster. It not only confronts an increasingly dangerous world. It is...
Doing in defense
At this writing, many details of the debt ceiling deal wrangled out over the weekend remain fuzzy. One thing is...
National Security Policy Proceedings, vol. 5: Spring 2011
Purchase paperback Download free PDF National Security Policy Proceedings, vol. 5 - Spring 2011 (Web) This is the fifth issue...
Center Urges Rejection Of Proposed $700 Billion In Defense Cuts
Washington, DC; July 7, 2011: Media reports today indicate that national security spending could be cut by as much as...
Gates turns off the lights
I have been in Washington now for nearly forty years and, in all that time, I can't recall seeing anything...
McKeon: Saving defense from defense savings
Yesterday, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered remarks at the Heritage Foundation reminding...
National Security Policy Proceedings, vol. 4: Winter 2010
Purchase paperback Download free PDF National Security Proceedings - Winter 2010 This is the fourth issue of the Center for...
Thank heaven for Victor Davis Hanson
In coming days, legislators on Capitol Hill will begin thrashing out a new Continuing Resolution needed to provide “stop-gap” funding...
National Security Policy Proceedings, vol. 2: Summer 2010
Purchase paperback Download free PDF National Security Policy Proceeding, vol. 2 - Summer 2010 This is the second issue of...
Cruising for a bruising?
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, speaking at the annual Navy League Exposition on May 3, gave well-deserved recognition to...
Why not the best?
For years, presidents of both parties have pledged to ensure that America fields a military second to none. A successful...
Murtha axes military information operations for FY2010
Congressman John Murtha, the powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee chairman, has cut out more than half of President Obama's fiscal...
Collateral damage, DoD budget style
An unintended consequence of the U.S. Defense Department's decision to kill the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) vehicles was the...
The EADS tanker contradiction
One major reason voters are fixated on change this election cycle is that to them our government appears dysfunctional. Sadly,...