Martin Feldstein also would urge the Obama Administration to expand military recruiting in the first year of the new Administration’s economic stimulus package. Feldstein, in his appearance before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee yesterday (see above), said it would benefit the economy to attract an extra 30,000 recruits in response to “the larger than usual numbers” of unemployed young men and women. New recruits could sign up for two-year stints to provide a larger pool of reserves, if needed, but then could be returned to the civilian economy with a variety of valuable technical skills that would benefit the nation in the longer term, such as electronics, equipment maintenance, computer programming, and nuclear facility operations, he said.
As the Air Force readied for its June 21-22 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the service was also putting its Agile Combat Employment strategy into action, dispersing combat aircraft and Airmen from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in preparation for a possible Iranian retaliatory attack. Some defense experts say…
