Richard Aboulafia

Analyst, Teal Group

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Analyst at Teal Group, a Fairfax, Virginia aviation consulting firm

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As we talk about his year's Pentagon budget, remember this: the US spends more on the military services, their arms and equipment than the rest of the world's nations combined.  And…

The Wars of the Future and the Wars of the Past

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