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1 week ago | 
aei.org | Todd Harrison |John Ferrari
The federal budget is so big, with so many pieces, rules, and priorities it can be easy to get lost in it. While everyone wants the government to run effectively and to use taxpayer money wisely, all the moving parts can make it difficult to decipher what is happening and how it impacts us.
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1 week ago | 
aei.org | Todd Harrison |John Ferrari |Mackenzie Eaglen
Working Paper Prioritizing the Nation’s Defense Working Paper Behind NATO’s 2 Percent: Measuring the True Scope of Alliance Defense Investments and the NATO Defense Deficit Event The Defense Department’s 8 Percent Challenge: What to Cut and Where to Invest Post Canada and the Trump Administration: Part III Article American Enterprise Institute Embracing Space Force Exceptionalism Post Stopping the Federal Waste from Temporary Funding Article American Enterprise Institute How Much Is Too Much?...
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2 weeks ago | 
aei.org | Todd Harrison |James Pethokoukis |Kyle Balzer |William Greenwalt
Press Discussing Trump’s Golden Dome strategy: Harrison on Global News’ ‘Global News Morning’ Article Up Wing/Down Wing #35 Post How Much Would a Space-Based Missile Interceptor System Cost and Does It Make Sense?
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2 weeks ago | 
aei.org | John Ferrari |Todd Harrison
The new Pentagon leadership is overseeing fundamental changes that could dramatically improve military warfighting capabilities for decades to come. Over the course of three previous working papers published in February[i], March[ii], and April[iii], we provided specific recommendations on where to save money through defense reform and reductions, how to reform the acquisition system, and how to reorganize the department.
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3 weeks ago | 
aei.org | Todd Harrison |Kori Schake |John Ferrari
Working Paper Space Force Personnel Reform: Costs, Impact, and Implementation Multimedia What’s America Without Allies? With Kori Schake Working Paper Decentralizing the Department of Defense: Reorganizing to Empower the Warfighters Op-Ed Signalgate Is Bad.
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1 month ago | 
aei.org | Mackenzie Eaglen |Brady Africk |John Ferrari |Todd Harrison
Op-Ed The U.S. Can’t Handle a War Op-Ed Political Leaders Need to Stop Standing in the Way of Defense Innovation Press Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Aug 27, 24] AEI’s Todd Harrison Report American Enterprise Institute Beyond Monopsony: Pentagon Reform in the Information Age Post The Defense Policy Turducken Podcast WTH Is Going on 20 Years After 9/11? An Afghanistan War Veteran Who Lost His Dad in the Twin Towers Remembers Post Presidential Unity and the Afghanistan Disaster Article...
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Todd Harrison |John Ferrari
The Department of Defense was created in the immediate aftermath of World War II to fight and win America’s wars. It has evolved over time through mission creep and congressional action, driven by a philosophy of centralization that has added tangled layers of bureaucracy that negatively impact warfighter readiness. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears aware of this — he has directed the bureaucracy to present him with “future-state organization charts” — but he lacks a guiding philosophy.
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2 months ago | 
aei.org | John Ferrari |Todd Harrison
Several forces acting on the Pentagon this year could fundamentally improve its organization, weapons procurement, operational support, and personnel management.
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2 months ago | 
aei.org | Vincent Smith |Barry K. Goodwin |Todd Harrison |Nat Malkus
The recent outbreak of the highly infectious avian flu has disrupted agricultural markets and sent egg prices soaring, raising critical economic and public health concerns. Join AEI’s Barry K. Goodwin and Vincent H. Smith with industry and academic experts for an insightful discussion as they explore potential solutions, policy responses, and strategies to mitigate this and future animal health crises. Submit questions to or on X with #AskAEIEcon.
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2 months ago | 
aei.org | With Nat Malkus |Nat Malkus |Todd Harrison |Scott Winship
In June 2023, an Oklahoma charter school board approved the nation’s first religious charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. In spring 2025, the US Supreme Court will consider whether a religious charter school violates the separation of church and state, or if denying a charter application because the school is Catholic constitute illegal religious discrimination. The case raises a host of education policy questions.
