by Dave Patterson | Jun 13, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, Social Issues
The first switch on the congressional Department of Defense (DoD) money machine is turned on. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI) released a statement announcing that the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) had completed its work on the Fiscal Year (FY)...
by Dave Patterson | May 1, 2020 | Articles, Healthcare, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, Social Issues
Ten United States senators – Democrats, every one – sent to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper an eight-page scathing reproof of the Department of Defense’s handling of COVID-19 and its impact on U.S. military forces. They claim the Defense Department was not...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 26, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics
Building the Defense Budget Tired of binge-watching Netflix? Exhausted by trying to find the progressive symbolism in “The Handmaid’s Tale”? Welcome to the intriguing, action-packed world of the Department of Defense budget. Be amazed as the Army,...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 16, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, Social Issues
Will the Coronavirus pandemic change the way the Department of Defense (DoD) operates? Recently, media commentators have direly predicted what COVID-19 will do to human existence as we know it; even the well-respected Henry Kissinger in the Wall Street...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 26, 2020 | Articles, Healthcare, Military Affairs, Politics
If you were asking yourself what the Department of Defense is doing during this Wuhan Coronavirus crisis, Defense Secretary Mark Esper answered that question this week during a press conference in the Pentagon. The U.S. military has been heavily involved. Secretary...