The Pentagon's Stages Of Budget Grief

ForeignPolicy.com
July 31, 2013

The Pentagon's Stages Of Budget Grief

There's been denial and anger, and now bargaining with the SCMR. When do we get to acceptance?http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/31/the_pentagons_stages_of_budget_grief

By Gordon AdamsThe defense budget is going down. The Defense Department has been through the first two stages of grief: denial and anger. Denial was from FY 2010 to FY 2012 -- "the budget should not go down, we need more." Anger was 2012 -- the Aerospace Industries Association campaign to halt sequestration, Senators McCain, Graham, and Ayotte touring bases and plants, "defending defense" and hoping to influence the election and reverse the tide.