Congress

Space Guard Opponents Seek Unraveling of Constitution’s National Defense Framework

Since the establishment of the United States Space Force in 2019, many in the federal defense establishment have aggressively fought to prevent the establishment of the Space National Guard. The reasons are numerous. In 2020 there was a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that claimed a Space National Guard component would be enormously expensive and […]

Space Guard Opponents Seek Unraveling of Constitution’s National Defense Framework was originally published on Global Security Review.

May 14, 2024
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Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Fairy Tales

The federal budget is currently working its way through Congress. The most visible target for cuts is the Department of Defense, in particular, nuclear modernization accounts. In 2010, Congress and the Obama administration reached an agreement that saw the Senate ratify the New START treaty in return for the administration’s support of nuclear modernization. This […]

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Fairy Tales was originally published on Global Security Review.

March 19, 2024
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Congress Must Demand Stronger Leadership from OSD Space Policy

In 2019, Congress created the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy (ASD Space Policy) to elevate space within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and provide strong civilian oversight within the Department of Defense (DoD) as part of the reorganization that included a new service and combatant command for space. While […]

Congress Must Demand Stronger Leadership from OSD Space Policy was originally published on Global Security Review.

February 21, 2024
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