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Trimming the Fat
How to put the military budget on a diet.  
Fred Kaplan   Feb 03, 2004   War Stories  
Rummy's Got a Secret
He's hiding up to $40 billion in defense spending. Let's find it.  
Fred Kaplan   Feb 08, 2005   War Stories  
House Democrats Back Down
The military budget is as bloated as ever.  
Fred Kaplan   May 10, 2007   War Stories  
The Military's Bloated Budget
It hasn't been this big in 50 years. Here's how to trim the fat.  
Fred Kaplan   Sep 12, 2003   War Stories  
What's Really in the U.S. Military Budget?
Much more than the oft-cited $515.4 billion.  
Fred Kaplan   Feb 04, 2008   War Stories  
A Foreign-Policy Repair Manual
Six priorities for President Obama.  
Fred Kaplan   Nov 05, 2008   War Stories  
Rumsfeld's Dubious Deficit Cutting
Pentagon budget cuts will take years to translate into savings.  
Fred Kaplan   Dec 30, 2004   War Stories  
How Much Stealth Is Too Much Stealth?
Six ways to cut Bush's bloated defense budget.  
Fred Kaplan   Apr 30, 2003   War Stories  
Safe Trains or Star Wars?
It's time to consider the security budget—homeland and military—as a whole.  
Fred Kaplan   Jul 07, 2005   War Stories  
It's Time To Sharpen the Scissors
Breaking down the $739 billion defense budget.  
Fred Kaplan   Feb 05, 2007   War Stories  
The Discussion That Isn't Happening
Why isn't Congress asking tough questions about Pentagon spending?  
Fred Kaplan   Sep 21, 2007   War Stories  
Rumsfeld's Legacy
"Military transformation"? Mission not-yet-accomplished.  
Fred Kaplan   Oct 19, 2004   War Stories  
The China Syndrome
Why the Pentagon keeps overestimating Beijing's military strength.  
Fred Kaplan   May 26, 2006   War Stories  
Rudy, the Anti-Statesman
Giuliani's loopy foreign-policy essay.  
Fred Kaplan   Aug 16, 2007   War Stories  
Build It and It Will Work
The Bush administration's missile defense fantasy.  
Fred Kaplan   May 22, 2003   War Stories  
The Know-Nothing Congress
What the Senate doesn't want to learn about Iraq.  
Fred Kaplan   Jul 23, 2003   War Stories  
The Pentagon's Outdated Budget Priorities
Why the military would rather fund stealth fighters than soldiers.  
Fred Kaplan   Dec 22, 2005   War Stories  
Listen to Indonesia, Rummy!
What a bizarre overseas encounter reveals about American foreign policy.  
Fred Kaplan   Jun 07, 2006   War Stories  
The Money Pit
Can the Pentagon pay for the war and its new toys?  
Fred Kaplan   Aug 16, 2006   War Stories  
Don't Be Afraid To Kill the F-22
Why Pentagon program cuts won't necessarily bring job cuts.  
Fred Kaplan   Mar 19, 2009   War Stories  
Rummy's New War
The secretary of defense invades the Army.  
Fred Kaplan   May 14, 2003   War Stories  
Homeland Security's Mystery Money
Why no one knows what we're spending on domestic counterterrorism.  
Fred Kaplan   Feb 23, 2004   War Stories  
Bush's Latest Missile-Defense Folly
Why spend billions on a system that might never work?  
Fred Kaplan   Mar 12, 2004   War Stories  
Our Hidden WMD Program
Why Bush is spending so much on nuclear weapons.  
Fred Kaplan   Apr 23, 2004   War Stories  
For Want of a Bolt ...
How the Iraq war could have been lost.  
Fred Kaplan   Jul 07, 2004   War Stories  
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