Gordon Adams

High Stakes and the Sequester Squeeze

When defense budgets get tight, politics can get a little complicated.

BY GORDON ADAMS | MAY 6, 2013

The Defense Department in Sequesterland

The Pentagon will make it through sequestration better than most.

BY GORDON ADAMS | APRIL 23, 2013

Channeling Bush's Budget Tricks

Will war funding save the Pentagon?

BY GORDON ADAMS | APRIL 17, 2013

Mirage Across the Potomac

The Pentagon's proposed spending and savings are both totally unrealistic.

BY GORDON ADAMS | APRIL 12, 2013

Hagel Channels Eisenhower

Can the new SecDef actually rein in the military-industrial complex?

BY GORDON ADAMS | APRIL 4, 2013

Contingency Operations

Are the Pentagon and the GOP finally embracing defense cuts?

BY GORDON ADAMS | MARCH 21, 2013

Military Review

How Chuck Hagel can show the generals who's boss.

BY GORDON ADAMS | MARCH 8, 2013

26 Days Later

On March 27, the sequester will rise from the dead.

BY GORDON ADAMS | FEBRUARY 28, 2013

War by PowerPoint

Is the White House using the Pentagon to fight the GOP?

BY GORDON ADAMS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Continental Shift

Why the Pentagon should pay less attention to Africa.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 25, 2013

Behind the Rhetoric

The Pentagon starts to manage the defense drawdown.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 15, 2013

Running Hills

Why senators shouldn't head the Pentagon or Foggy Bottom.

BY GORDON ADAMS | DECEMBER 20, 2012

Flexible Spending Accounts

The OMB's secret plan on what gets cut in sequestration.

BY GORDON ADAMS | DECEMBER 7, 2012

Budget Agreement Reached!

5 think tanks warn of things to come for the Pentagon.

BY GORDON ADAMS | NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Fiscal Cliff Notes

The only things you need to know about the coming budget fight.

BY GORDON ADAMS | NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Do the Math

A 20-question debate scorecard for real talk on the defense budget.

BY GORDON ADAMS | OCTOBER 22, 2012

The Fiscal Slide

Five reasons the Pentagon will avoid the pain of sequestration.

BY GORDON ADAMS | OCTOBER 17, 2012

Never Mind about Those Jobs Cuts

The defense industry has a Gilda Radner moment.

BY GORDON ADAMS | OCTOBER 10, 2012

Budgeteers to the Rescue

Can accountants save the Pentagon?

BY GORDON ADAMS | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Off Course

Mullen and Gates get it wrong.

BY GORDON ADAMS | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Aim High

Guess who's in Romney's 47 percent?

BY GORDON ADAMS | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012