Pentagon shows faith in European allies

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Christina Bergmann / Pentagon shows faith in European allies. In: Deutsche Welle, 6.1. 2012.

(http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15649263,00.html)

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Obama's defense cuts are too timid

Russell Rumbaugh
The defense budget is going down. Thursday, President Obama personally announced a new strategy to align with the new limits created by the Budget Control Act of last fall. The announcement was light on the budget details to emphasize "strategy." But strategy documents come and go -- it's in budgets that we'll see actual change.

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Russell Rumbaugh / Obama's defense cuts are too timid. In: CNN, 6.1. 2012.

(http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/06/opinion/rumbaugh-defense-cutbacks/index.html?hpt=us_mid)

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US defence spending: closing the book

Editorial
There were two unmistakable messages in the defence review outlined by Barack Obama in his appearance at the Pentagon briefing room. The first was that America is never going to fight wars like Iraq or Afghanistan again. (...) The second message is equally bald, and it is pointed at Europe. For all the soothing words about Nato being "a force multiplier", the message is that Europe's collective defence is up to Europe, and its forces have to stand alone. America may not be there to provide the in-flight refuelling and intelligence, as it did for Libya.

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Editorial / US defence spending: closing the book. In: The Guardian, 5.1. 2012.

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/05/us-defence-policy-closing-the-book-editorial?newsfeed=true)

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A leaner Pentagon

Editorial
With his new defense strategy, President Obama has put forward a generally pragmatic vision of how this country will organize and deploy its military in the 21st century, while also addressing its deep fiscal problems. (...) It came at the barrel of a budget-cutting gun, but President Obama has begun to bring more rationality to military planning. The real impact of the strategy will be seen in the budget he unveils later this month.

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Editorial / A leaner Pentagon. In: The New York Times, 5.1. 2012.

(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/a-leaner-pentagon.html)