Policy Makers Must Focus On Protecting Nation, Says Expert

The Heritage Foundation’s Research Fellow for National Security Studies, Mackenzie Eaglen, tells audience that policy makers should come up with a better policy which would allow a better protection of the nation. (0:11)

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Bigger Government, Poorer Performance, Says Expert

Mackenzie Eaglen, Heritage Foundation’s Research Fellow for National Security Studies and specializes in subjects such as defense strategy, says the federal government is doing poorly on performing priority function regarding common defense. (0:10)

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Analyst: Gates's budget cut endangers national security

Jonathan Bronstein talks to Mackenzie Eaglen, an analyst for the Heritage Foundation, about Robert Gates's announcement to cut the military budget and how what affect it will have on national security. However, Eaglen believes that such a move is dangerous because weapon technology research takes decades to create so any cut in the budget now will undoubtedly affect the future.

Additionally, she questions the critics who complain about the Department of Defense, DOD, overspending as, "the GAO [Government Accountability Office] has been reporting on the top ten DOD weapons systems cost overruns for years," and only recently has it become a large issue. (1:05)
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