100 Days of National Security Budget Priorities Posted by Adam Blickstein

Gordon Adams examines the first 100 days from the perspective of our national security budget and finds that while Obama and Gates have already made some big improvements, such as increasing the foreign policy and assistance budget while reimagining the Defense budget to better reflect the needs of the Pentagon rather than the desires of defense contractors,  work still needs to be done:

In its first 100 days, the Obama administration has had to confront a series of pressing foreign policy and national security issues--North Korean missile launches, a revamping of the war strategy in Afghanistan, the Taliban's continued rise in Pakistan, and, of course, the Iranian nuclear program. As with all new administrations, the issues have come faster than the Obama administration can cope with them. Thus, improvisation has been a major feature of the administration's response--especially with only part of the team in place.

As I've written before, my main concern has always been whether or not the administration is putting in place the budgets, structures, and processes that will allow them to escape the siren song of improvisation and begin to set a course toward longer-term strategic planning for foreign policy and national security.

The first 100 days of the Obama administration have been promising, but to paraphrase Death of a Salesman, 'Attention must [continue to] be paid.'"

Full piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists can be read here.

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