G2 Solutions @ August 20, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Washington’s most respected election analyst, Charlie Cook, is now calling the House for the Republicans. And he’s predicting not just a close race, which had been the call of most analysts until now, but is predicting a so-called “wave” election, one where the party in power is swept away.
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G2 Solutions @ August 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Pierre Sparaco takes on Washington State politics this morning. Senator Murray is in trouble, Cook Political report suggests that the race is too close to call in WA. Current polls suggest that Mrs Murray’s margin is no more than 1to 2 percent. Regarless of who the November winner is, the message is unlikely to change [...]
G2 Solutions @ August 13, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Many critics panned the Pentagon’s most recent QDR, saying it failed to make hard strategic choices. So a blue-ribbon QDR Independent Panel was built. As our new commentator, Brian M. Burton, argues in the following piece, instead of “focusing on specific priorities, it recommended doing more of everything.”
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G2 Solutions @ August 13, 2010 # No Comment Yet
As the dust settle and facts emerge, Take a good read at Shiv’s morning MMRCA update, he brings up very strong points:
Sick of hearsay and rumours? Well, here’s some stuff that’s confirmed true, authoritative, new, and potentially explosive for contenders in the Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition. Let me just start [...]
G2 Solutions @ February 6, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A US Senator has taken the extraordinary step of blocking more than 70 of US President Barack Obama’s nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, senate aides said Friday.
Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, placed a blanket “hold” in part because [...]
G2 Solutions @ January 26, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A taste of the upcoming battle on the Hill:
The Quadrennial Defense Review is already being described as a transparent attempt to force an inadequate military force to fit into an even more inadequate defense budget.
“It will ratify what [Defense Secretary Robert] Gates told Congress last year, not what a thorough QDR analysis can validate,” says [...]
G2 Solutions @ December 2, 2009 # No Comment Yet
As we somewhat expected (although the initial read was positive) Northrop Grumman is not entirely pleased with the draft RFP issued in September.
Had this been the first round of the competition, USAF could walk away and thank NOC for its time and effort on the matter. Now we wonder, can NOC win (again) the KC-X [...]
G2 Solutions @ November 11, 2009 # No Comment Yet
John McCain raises questions on Air Force tanker contest between Boeing and Northrop
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wants answers from the Pentagon on how it intends to pick a winner for the U.S. Air Force tanker contract.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. on Air Force tanker program: “I am keenly interested in ensuring that the source selection [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Thanks to Bill Sweetman for this reality check; I think he is entirely correct when he says “the bigger factor was that Congress suddenly realized that they were running against a President with whom the mainstream media are infatuated.”
The Memes That Killed The F-22
It would take a roomful of media scholars a month to [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 13, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Some good points being raised by AFA and others:
Air Force Association Responds to WP F-22 Article
Attacking the F-22 with Yellow Journalism
and other viewpoints here:
Stop the F-22 Now
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G2 Solutions @ July 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Secretary McNamara passed away earlier today. His long tenure at DoD and his role in the Vietnam engagement are both addressed in this long Washington Post obit.
Washington Post: Architect of Vietnam War Robert McNamara Dies
Washington Times: Former Defense Secretary McNamara dies
Ares on Defense
DoD Biography
G2 Solutions @ May 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
We can’t wait to hear what Admiral Cassidy (USN-Ret) has to say about those lawyers.
“Human rights activists at odds with President Obama over his recent national security decisions are indicating that they might legally challenge the U.S. military’s use of Predator drones, a weapon that intelligence officials say is their single most effective tool in [...]
G2 Solutions @ May 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
According to Bill Sweetman
JSF - Dutch Waffle Disease Spreads
“Following the Dutch decision to defer final selection of a new fighter until 2012 - the other side of the country’s next elections - Denmark appears to be following suit, and a political controversy appears to be building in Norway over the government’s damning dismissal of the [...]
G2 Solutions @ April 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Pacifist organizations claim that French police is responsible for the massive clashes that took place today in Strasbourg during the NATO summit. These riots mirror previous events in Seattle and Genoa very closely, with anarchists and left-wing rioters (numbering about 2,000) causing the great majority of the damage and attacks on law enforcement while [...]
G2 Solutions @ April 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Update 1
Anarchists and extreme left rioters face off with French GM units
NATO Summit in Strasbourg : Clashes on the Havre Street
Here are some interesting pictures of two VH-3s captured on the ramp at Strasbourg Entzheim by a local journalist.
Aviation Week reports “A silent Strasbourg“.
G2 Solutions @ February 13, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Senator Dianne Feinstein may have revealed an intimate military secret when she stated that American military drones used to bomb Pakistan’s tribal areas operate out of a Pakistani air base… read on
G2 Solutions @ February 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Three names are circulating in the media as to who may served in the likely Benjamin Netanyahu government:
Ehud Barak: incumbent, and highly respected military leader and former prime minister.
Shaul Mofaz: also an IDF veteran, who lost the Kadima leadership contest back in August of 2008.
Moshe Ya’alon: Former IDF chief of staff and perhaps the most [...]
G2 Solutions @ February 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
From the American Enterprise Institute:
“Defense spending could well be the most precisely targeted form of stimulus spending. The current legislation promises hundreds of billions of dollars in block grants to the states, and neither the White House nor Congress has a clear understanding of where that money is going to wind up being spent.”
“Making room [...]
