The DoD’s latest blue-ribbon commission farce
A new panel buried in the NDAA will likely be run by arms contractors, blobby think tankers, and pols who could care less about budget reform.
Winslow T. Wheeler spent 30 years working for Republican and Democratic Senators and the GAO on national security issues, followed by 13 years at the Center for Defense Information in Washington. He has authored two books: The Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages National Security, and Military Reform: An Uneven History and an Uncertain Future. He is also the editor of two anthologies, The Pentagon Labyrinth: 10 Short Essays to Help You Through It, and America’s Defense Meltdown: Military Reform for President Obama and the New Congress.
A new panel buried in the NDAA will likely be run by arms contractors, blobby think tankers, and pols who could care less about budget reform.
The editorial page says the over-trillion dollar disaster is ‘too pricey to fail’ and makes up excuses for keeping it around.