Topic: Gordon Adams
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Cuts to US defense budget look inevitable
Defense expenditures amount to nearly 5 percent of US GDP -- well above the less than 2 percent of GDP spent by such allies as Canada, Germany and Britain. Analysts predict the US will have to cut military spending significantly in the next few years.
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After Times Square bombing, should New York get more anti-terrorism funding?
Historically vulnerable cities like New York claim they need more anti-terrorism funds. After Faisal Shahzad's attempted Times Square bombing, will the Department of Homeland Security agree?
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Obama's Afghanistan war plan: How will he pay for it?
It will cost an additional $30 billion a year. Some antiwar Democrats in Congress talk of a 'war tax,' but the most likely option to fund Obama's Afghanistan war plan is to keep borrowing.
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ECONOMIC SCENE: Afghanistan will cost US more than Iraq
Funding for war in Afghanistan will eclipse Iraq for the first time in next year's budget.
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