Apr 29, 2016 ... Republican presidential candidates, led by Donald Trump, claim President  Obama has slashed defense spending and will leave his successor with a  weaker force. We break it down.
Dec 14, 2015 ... Republican candidates have portrayed the country's military spending as  woefully inadequate under the Obama administration. They say the cuts, many  made as part of the funny-sounding word "sequestration," put the United States at  risk in the fight against terrorism But the White House argues that it has ...
Aug 17, 2017 ... But is it true that President Obama was skeptical of missile-defense systems and  left the U.S in a vulnerable position? His defenders don't seem to ... By 2008,  President George W. Bush had asked for 44 GBIs, but Obama cut the program  back to 30 within weeks of his inauguration. Ten of these GBIs were ...
Abstract: Despite Administration claims to the contrary, President Barack  Obama's budget proposal for FY 2013 would reduce national defense to the  lowest of the major budget priorities of the federal government. The combination  of the budget request and the Budget Control Act of 2011 would reduce the  military's ...
Jan 5, 2012 ... Panetta meets with British defense secretary; President Barack Obama outlines a  review of Pentagon strategy; The new Pentagon plan calls for measured  spending cuts; Republican critics say the plan undermines U.S. military power.  President Barack Obama unveiled his administration's plan Thursday for ...
The Obama administration is "cutting back on defense"