Department of Defense

The Department of Defense is ran by the Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.  The mission of the D.o.D is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.  So this department pretty much runs our military and its main goal is to protect the United States.  The department was founded in 1947 but under a different name, then in 1949 the name was changed to The Department of Defense. One of the big issues that they are dealing with is the crisis in Libya.



Im really happy we have the Department of Defense.  The reason being is that if we didn't who would protect us from the dangers before us?  What would the US be right now if we didn't have this department?  But glady we do have a Department of Defense and we don't have to worry about who will protect us because we know when something happens we can turn to them and they will be there to protect us from the danger at hand.

Links:
http://www.defense.gov/

2011 Spending Budget

Today the VP Joe Biden announced that the House and Senate agreed to a spending-cut target of $73 billion.  Since October 1, Congress has passed many short term spending resolutions.  Reaching an agreement on this bedget is a major step forward in negotiations.  Since the negotiations have begun House Republicans had wanted $100 billion in cuts, while Senate Democrats wanted $51 billion in cuts.  The one reason this agreement is major is because since Republican hold majority in House they could set these cuts.  Even though they could do this without a compromise from Senate a filibuster could stop the proposal.  My only question is what is the money in the budget cut going to go to.  In the video below Rep. Pence talks about this question of mine.


Now that my question is answered but not fully, im kinda happy that Congress finally agreed on a budget.  My reason for this is that maybe this will be an impact so the government doesn't shut down.  But at least Congress finally agreed on one important subject today.

Links:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/30/bipartisan-house-and-senate-negotiators-agree-on-73-billion-figure-for-cuts-in-current-year-budget/