Tag Archives: Robert Gates

Grounding the F-22: A Very Disturbing Commentary For Our Nations Defense

The Wall Street Journal came out with this article today regarding the triumph of President Obama and Democrats in Congress in grounding the F-22 Raptor, after dueling it out for many days.  Both Republicans and Democrats opposed the cancellation of this stealthy fighter.  Craig Bradford had earlier posted his feelings regarding the Political agenda Robert [...]

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Gates and Congress Duel Over Future of Weapons Systems

On July 4th Craig Bradford posted his thoughts regarding the defense cuts made by Robert Gates.  This article is a little more encouraging.  As you may remember, back in April Gates unveiled a $534 billion Defense Department budget which was suppose to do away with some costly weapons programs, one of which was the F-22 [...]

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Instead of Romney, This is What We Got….

As a former Pentagon war-planning strategist, I feel obligated to comment that Tom McInerney’s and his collaborator’s views are quite poignant regarding Bob Gates’ sufficiency as our Secretary of Defense.  He, the Obama Administration, and the current secular-progressive Congress have placed America’s national security in great peril with their institutionalization of the 2010 Defense budget.  [...]

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