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DATE:
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
TIME:
Reception: 4:30-5:15 P.M.
Debate: 5:30-7:00 P.M.
About:
Moderated by veteran Intelligence Squared and ABC news correspondent John Donvan, alongisde two dynamic teams of debaters, Intelligence Squared U.S. and The McCain Institute present the motion: CUTTING THE PENTAGON'S BUDGET IS A GIFT TO OUR ENEMIES
For The Motion:
Thomas Donnelly, Co-Director, Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies, AEI
Andrew Krepinevich, President, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Against The Motion:
Benjamin Friedman, Research Fellow, Cato Institute
Kori Schake, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
Political gridlock in Washington triggered across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, in March. As a result, the Pentagon has six months to eliminate $41 billion from the current year’s budget, and unlike past cuts, this time everything is on the table. In 2011, America spent $711 billion dollars on its defense—more than the next 13 highest spending countries combined. But the burdens it shoulders, both at home and abroad, are unprecedented. Could the sequester be a rare opportunity to overhaul the armed forces, or will its impact damage military readiness and endanger national security?
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