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Defense company executives warn of layoffs if cuts go through
A slate of defense industry executives lined up to testify before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday, telling lawmakers that the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration would be devastating to their businesses and could lead to mass layoffs. The lack of action by Congress, so far, to avert the cuts has led to a "fog of uncertainty" even now, five months away from when sequestration would take effect, the CEO of Lockheed Martin testified.
Tags: budget , industry , DoD , defense industry , In Depth , Robert Stevens , Lockheed Martin , Pratt & Whitney , David Hess , EADS North America , Della Williams , Williams-Pyro , Sean O
Author of 'The Admirals' discusses how the war at sea was won
Author and historian Walter Borneman joined Pentagon Solution to discuss his book, "The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea."
Tags: DoD , Navy , In Depth , Francis Rose , The Admirals , Walter Borneman
Sequestration worries uniformed leaders, Congress
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, in a visit to the Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, discussed the challenges facing the Defense Department. Also, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) discussed the challenges of sequestration in a keynote address at a Brookings Institution event.
Tags: DoD , In Depth , Francis Rose , Martin Dempsey , Kelly Ayotte , sequestration , budget
Pentagon Solutions: Panetta warns of 'disaster' from defense cuts
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pleaded with Congress last Wednesday to avoid the disaster of automatic defense cuts even as he criticized lawmakers' affection for protecting aging ships and aircraft. Ramping up the pressure, Panetta and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, painted a bleak picture of the military and its power if the across-the-board reductions, known as "sequestration," go into effect beginning Jan. 2.
Tags: DoD , In Depth , Leon Panetta , budget , sequestration , Martin Dempsey , Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lt. Gen. George Flynn on Joint Force Development
Lt. Gen. George J. Flyn, the Joint Staff's director of Joint Force Development, delivered the keynote address at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' conference "Challenges to Access and the U.S. Response: The Joint Operational Access Concept."
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , DoD , Joint Staff , George J. Flynn , CSIS
Senate committee mulls F-35
The Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Airland, which oversees issues related to the Army, Air Force and, Navy and Marine Corps tactical aviation programs, heard testimony this week on the F-35 Lightning II program.
Tags: Congress , Senate , Senate Armed Services Committee , David Venlet , Janet Wolfenbarger , Walter Skiller , F-35 Lighting II , Francis Rose , In Depth ,
Dempsey: DoD mission relies on partnerships
The Pentagon's new strategy shifts the focus of the military's attention, and calls for more partnerships with countries around the world.
Tags: DoD , Francis Rose , In Depth , Martin Dempsey , Joint Chiefs of Staff
Renewable energy, repurposing buildings priorities for Army's Hammack
Katherine Hammack, the assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and the Environment, joins Pentagon Solutions to discuss the Energy Initiatives Task Force, which focuses on creating large renewable energy projects on military bases.
Tags: Army , DoD , Energy , Renewable energy , military bases , Katherine Hammack , In Depth , Francis Rose , Energy initiatives task force
GAO examines DoD's audit stance, weapons portfolio
Asif Khan, the director of financial management and assurance at GAO, and Mike Sullivan, the director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues, joined Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss two recent GAO report.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , acquisition , DoD , Selected Acquisition Report , Asif Khan , Mike Sullivan , GAO
NDU financial management course aims to build leaders
Ricardo Aguilera, the Defense Department Comptroller Chair at the Chief Financial Officer's Academy at the National Defense University's iCollege joined Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss the course and the leadership skills it aims to enforce.
Tags: financial management , In Depth , Francis Rose , NDU , NDU iCollege , Ricardo Aguilera , CFO Academy
