CSBA_20100126_展望2011财年国防预算.pdf

Thinking Smarter About DefenseJanuary 2010Looking AheAd to the FY 2011 deFense Budget:A Review of the Past Decade and Implications for the Future Year Defense ProgramBy Todd Harrisonexecutive summarynext week the Obama administration will release the 2010 Quadrennial Defense review(QDr)and Fy 2011 defense budget request.This comes as DoD strives to balance the demands of the ongoing wars in Iraq and afghanistan with the need to reset the force and prepare for future adversaries,all while the nation emerges from the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression.The federal governments record budget deficits will likely exert downward pressure on government spending,including defense spending,for years to come.This is a dramatic shift from the high rate of growth the base defense budget experienced over the past decade,which allowed the Department of Defense to postpone making many difficult decisionsa luxury that is not likely to be afforded in the coming years.This backgrounder places the defense budget within the context of the United States overall fiscal outlook,reviews how defense dollars have been allocated over the past decade,and highlights budgetary and programma