President Clinton's 1995 defense budget, which allocates $1.29 trillion for defense from 1995 through 1999, continues his Administration ,s systematic dismantling of the nation's defenses so painstakingly rebuilt by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s., In the Clinton plan, the Department of Defense will fall short of its funding re- quirements-as outlined in the Administration's own "Bottom-Up Review"-by nearly $ 100 billion. The Ad- ministration and Congress must stop looking for "savings" in the defense budget, which has paid more than its share in cost-cutting efforts by three Administrations since the Reagan build-up peaked in 1985. To be sure, Clinton slightly raised this year's defense budget by $1.8 billion.2 However, when adjusted for in- flation, the 1995 defense budget still shows a decline of 0.9 percent. This is the tenth straight year of declining defense budgets. Furthermore, the budget will decline in inflation-adjusted terms in each of the next four years beyond fiscal 1995. Thus, the Clinton Administration is now committed to fourteen years of uninterrupted de- cline in the defense budget. This year's defense budget will harm national security. In every category-force structure, modernization, combat readiness, and maintaining the quality of military personnel-the amount to be spent is based not on how much defense is needed, but on budgetary considerations. National security policy is not being made based on threats identified by Clinton's national security advisers, but on spending caps provided by his budget advis- ers, most of whom have no knowledge of America's defense requirements.
(Archived document, may contain errors) 616 November 12, 1987 WHY MORE SPECIAL FORCES .ARE NEEDED FOR LOW-INTENSITY WAR INTRODUCTION challenge to United States security. Traditional or conventional warfare typically involves aggression acr oss borders by large formations of troops armed with standard weaponry. Low-intensity conflict, by contrast, involves small-scale operations, often clandestine or covert, undertaken by irregular forces. Low-intensity challenges include terrorism, insurgen cy, and narcotics trafficking.
Antiquated and discriminatory rules around fertility treatments are making the struggle to have a child immeasurably more difficult for many military families.
Joe Fitzgerald was appointed a civilian aide to the secretary of the Army for North Alabama nearly 10 years ago by then-Secretary of the Army John McHugh.
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