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Bruce Blair is the president of the World Security Institute, a nonprofit organization that he founded in 2000 to promote independent research and journalism on global affairs.
4 April 2008
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Winslow Wheeler, Director, Straus Military Reform Project
㰀倀㸀圀椀渀猀氀漀眀 吀⸀ 圀栀攀攀氀攀爀 㰀⼀䈀㸀眀漀爀欀攀搀 漀渀 渀愀琀椀漀渀愀氀 猀攀挀甀爀椀琀礀 椀猀猀甀攀猀 昀漀爀 ㌀ 礀攀愀爀猀 昀漀爀 ഀഊmembers of the U.S. Senate and for the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO). In 琀栀攀 匀攀渀愀琀攀Ⰰ 圀栀攀攀氀攀爀 眀漀爀欀攀搀 昀漀爀 䨀愀挀漀戀 䬀⸀ 䨀愀瘀椀琀猀Ⰰ 刀ⴀ一⸀夀⸀Ⰰ 一愀渀挀礀 䰀⸀ 䬀愀猀猀攀戀愀甀洀Ⰰ ഀഊR-Kan., David Pryor, D-Ark., and Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M. He was the first, and 愀挀挀漀爀搀椀渀最 琀漀 匀攀渀愀琀攀 爀攀挀漀爀搀猀 琀栀攀 氀愀猀琀Ⰰ 匀攀渀愀琀攀 猀琀愀昀昀攀爀 琀漀 眀漀爀欀 猀椀洀甀氀琀愀渀攀漀甀猀氀礀 漀渀 ഀഊthe personal staffs of a Republican and a Democrat (Sens. Pryor and Kassebaum). 㰀⼀倀㸀ഀഊIn 2002, Wheeler authored an essay, under the pseudonym "Spartacus," about 䌀漀渀最爀攀猀猀✀ 爀攀愀挀琀椀漀渀 琀漀 琀栀攀 匀攀瀀琀⸀ Ⰰ ㈀ Ⰰ 琀攀爀爀漀爀椀猀琀猀 愀琀琀愀挀欀猀 ⠀∀䴀爀⸀ 匀洀椀琀栀 䤀猀 ഀഊDead: No One Stands in the Way as Congress Lards Post-September 11 Defense Bills 眀椀琀栀 倀漀爀欀∀⤀⸀ 圀栀攀渀 匀攀渀愀琀漀爀猀 挀漀洀瀀氀愀椀渀攀搀 愀戀漀甀琀 圀栀攀攀氀攀爀✀猀 挀爀椀琀椀挀椀猀洀猀Ⰰ 栀攀 眀愀猀 椀渀瘀椀琀攀搀 ഀഊto resign from his position with the Republican staff of the Senate Budget 䌀漀洀洀椀琀琀攀攀⸀ 䠀攀 椀猀 渀漀眀 愀 猀攀渀椀漀爀 昀攀氀氀漀眀 愀渀搀 搀椀爀攀挀琀漀爀 漀昀 琀栀攀 匀琀爀愀甀猀 䴀椀氀椀琀愀爀礀 刀攀昀漀爀洀 ഀഊProject at the Center for Defense Information.
㰀倀㸀圀栀攀攀氀攀爀 椀猀 琀栀攀 愀甀琀栀漀爀 漀昀†ᰀ吀栀攀 圀愀猀琀爀攀氀猀 漀昀 䐀攀昀攀渀猀攀㨀 䠀漀眀 䌀漀渀最爀攀猀猀 匀愀戀漀琀愀最攀猀 ഀഊU.S. Security” from the U.S. Naval Institute Press. The book has been the 猀甀戀樀攀挀琀 漀昀 挀漀洀洀攀渀琀愀爀礀 愀渀搀 椀渀琀攀爀瘀椀攀眀猀 漀渀 㘀 䴀椀渀甀琀攀猀Ⰰ 䌀ⴀ匀倀䄀丠ᤀ猀 䈀漀漀欀 一漀琀攀猀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 ഀഊvarious newspapers and radio stations. He has also authored a 2002 essay on 䌀漀渀最爀攀猀猠ᤀ 愀甀琀栀漀爀椀稀愀琀椀漀渀 漀昀 眀愀爀 愀最愀椀渀猀琀 䤀爀愀焀Ⰰ†ᰀ吀栀攀 圀攀攀欀 漀昀 匀栀愀洀攀㨀 䌀漀渀最爀攀猀猀 圀椀氀琀猀 ഀഊas the President Demands an Unclogged Road to War,” and he wrote various 挀漀洀洀攀渀琀愀爀椀攀猀 漀渀 䌀漀渀最爀攀猀猀 愀渀搀 渀愀琀椀漀渀愀氀 猀攀挀甀爀椀琀礀Ⰰ 眀栀椀挀栀 栀愀瘀攀 愀瀀瀀攀愀爀攀搀 椀渀 㰀䔀䴀㸀吀栀攀 ഀഊWashington Post, Proceedings of the Naval Institute, 㰀䔀䴀㸀䜀漀瘀攀爀渀洀攀渀琀 䔀砀攀挀甀琀椀瘀攀㰀⼀䔀䴀㸀Ⰰ 㰀䔀䴀㸀䐀攀昀攀渀猀攀 圀攀攀欀㰀⼀䔀䴀㸀Ⰰ 㰀䔀䴀㸀䈀愀爀爀漀渠ᤀ猀㰀⼀䔀䴀㸀Ⰰ ഀഊArmy Times, CounterPunch, and elsewhere.㰀倀㸀䄀猀 愀 匀攀渀愀琀攀 猀琀愀昀昀攀爀Ⰰ 圀栀攀攀氀攀爀 眀漀爀欀攀搀 攀砀琀攀渀猀椀瘀攀氀礀 漀渀 栀甀渀搀爀攀搀猀 漀昀 戀椀氀氀猀 愀渀搀 ഀഊamendments that are now U.S. law. These included the War Powers Act, multiple 瀀爀漀瀀漀猀愀氀猀 琀漀 爀攀昀漀爀洀 倀攀渀琀愀最漀渀 瀀爀漀挀甀爀攀洀攀渀琀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 琀漀 爀攀焀甀椀爀攀 洀漀爀攀 爀攀愀氀椀猀琀椀挀 眀攀愀瀀漀渀猀 ഀഊtests and more accurate reports about them to the secretary of defense and 䌀漀渀最爀攀猀猀⸀ 圀栀椀氀攀 愀琀 琀栀攀 䜀䄀伀Ⰰ 圀栀攀攀氀攀爀 搀椀爀攀挀琀攀搀 挀漀洀瀀爀攀栀攀渀猀椀瘀攀 猀琀甀搀椀攀猀 漀渀 琀栀攀 唀⸀匀⸀ ഀഊstrategic-nuclear triad and the air campaign of Operation Desert Storm. Both 猀琀甀搀椀攀猀 昀漀甀渀搀 挀漀洀瀀攀氀氀椀渀最 攀瘀椀搀攀渀挀攀 琀栀愀琀 瀀爀攀瘀愀椀氀椀渀最 挀漀渀瘀攀渀琀椀漀渀愀氀 眀椀猀搀漀洀 愀戀漀甀琀 琀栀攀 ഀഊperformance of both U.S. and foreign weapons systems, such as Soviet strategic 渀甀挀氀攀愀爀 搀攀氀椀瘀攀爀礀 猀礀猀琀攀洀猀 愀渀搀 唀⸀匀⸀†ᰀ栀椀最栀 琀攀挀栠ᴀ 琀愀挀琀椀挀愀氀 眀攀愀瀀漀渀猀Ⰰ 眀愀猀 栀椀最栀氀礀 ഀഊinflated an unsupported by the evidence available in the Department of Defense. 㰀⼀倀㸀ഀഊ
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Publications for the same staff member:
America's Defense Meltdown
Neither Shall the Sword: Conflict in the Years Ahead
Publications
Prepared by CDI's Straus Military Reform Project, "America's Defense Meltdown: Pentagon Reform for President Obama and the New Congress" is an urgently-needed new book that addresses the largest issue left untouched by the recent presidential campaign: the continuing collapse in America's defenses and what to do about it.