Since the defense budget roll out on Wednesday, April 10, Pentagon budget geeks all over Washington have been popping Ibuprofen trying to unscramble the mess that DOD and OMB have made out of the 2013 and 2014 defense budgets. My take on this dysfunction is explained below.

 

By the way, I don't blame Secretary Hagel for this junking of budget ethics and smarts; he's too new to the job, but his time for using that as an excuse is fast running out.

 

Find this piece at Time's Battleland blog at http://nation.time.com/2013/04/12/obamas-useless-budget-data-and-improbable-budget-strategy/, and below:

 

http://nation.time.com/2013/04/12/obamas-useless-budget-data-and-improbable-budget-strategy/, and below:

Military Spending

Obama's Useless Budget Data.and Improbable Budget Strategy

By Winslow WheelerApril 12, 2013