Posts Tagged ‘QDR’

More questions about climate change data

Monday, February 15th, 2010

We’re posting two articles today:   one on scientific disagreements about  global warming, and the second about the Obama Administration’s “green” defense policy.

The first article: World may not be warming, is typical of what you will read on the science of this issue.  There is increasing doubt surfacing about the basic science underpinning the global warming theory.  Typically, the proponents of the theory respond to critics by saying that in fact they are as certain as ever about the science, and then a technical back and forth ensues among the experts.  This is why I caution so strongly against taking climate change measures that hurt our own economy.  The scientific opinion on this issue is in flux, and we don’t want to ship millions of American jobs overseas to stop a problem that science may soon decide doesn’t really exist.

The second article refers to the “Quadrennial Defense Review” (QDR), which is the Department of Defense’s foremost defense planning document, issued every four years.  The Obama Administration’s QDR mentions “climate change” more often than it mentions North Korea, Russia, and China put together.  What that says about the current risk assessment in Washington is obvious.

Talent to Serve on Independent Panel to Assess Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review

Monday, December 14th, 2009

For immediate release.

St. Louis. – Sen. Jim Talent, American Freedom and Enterprise Foundation Honorary Chair, today was selected by House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) to serve on the Congressionally-mandated Independent Panel created to assess the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).

The Quadrennial Defense Review will assess the threats and challenges the nation faces and re-balance Department of Defense strategies, capabilities and forces to address today’s conflicts and tomorrow’s threats. The QDR is one of the principal means by which the tenets of the National Defense Strategy are translated into potentially new policies, capabilities and initiatives.

“Right now, America faces a greater spectrum of dangers than it did during the cold war, and every category of risk is demonstrably growing, Sen. Talent said. “I am honored to serve in this distinguished panel that will help shape the future of national security and defend against these threats.”

“Senator Talent is perfectly suited to serve on this panel and examine the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review,” said McKeon.  “With tremendous respect from his peers and a wealth of experience in national security matters, I’m confident he will add value to the panel’s review process and provide Congress with recommendations that will help guide our thinking on the Quadrennial Defense Review.”

The panel is required to provide the Secretary of Defense and Congress with an initial report in the spring of 2010 and a final report by July 15, 2010.  In addition, the Secretary of Defense is required to respond to the panel’s final report and its recommendations no later than August 15, 2010.