Christopher Hellman is communications liaison and researcher at the National Priorities Project in Northampton, Massachusetts and co-author (with Mattea Kramer) of the new book, A People's Guide to the Federal Budget. He was previously a military policy analyst for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Defense Information, and spent 10 years on Capitol Hill as a congressional staffer working on national security and foreign policy issues. He is a frequent media commentator on military planning, policy, and budgetary issues.