Joe Biden waves the white flag on the Pentagon budget
Former White House official: if they’re expecting reductions, the president’s base is in for a ‘cycle of disappointment’
Mark Perry is a senior analyst at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a widely published military and foreign affairs reporter. He is also an award-winning author of ten books, including The Pentagon’s Wars: The Military’s Undeclared War Against America’s Presidents (Basic Books, 2017); The Most Dangerous Man In America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur (Basic Books 2014); and Talking To Terrorists (Basic Books, 2010). The Boston Globe named his book on Gen. MacArthur the best non-fiction work of 2014.
Previously, Perry served as a senior foreign policy analyst and political director for Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, which founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. He is a graduate of Boston University.
Former White House official: if they’re expecting reductions, the president’s base is in for a ‘cycle of disappointment’
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