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...There was no memo, no guidance. This is the opinion of a career civil servant.' U.S. Office of Management and Budget spokesman KENNETH BAER, on an e-mail from the Defense Department declaring that George W. Bush's phrase war on terror would be replaced by overseas contingency operation...
...plans to cut spending on missile defense by $1.4 billion next year, while new satellite communications programs are trimmed. And the Marines' plan to spend more than $13 billion on a new fleet of helicopters to transport the President, which Obama himself had deemed unnecessary, was cut from Gates' budget. (See the top 10 outrageous earmarks...
...military currently has 183 of the $350 million-a-piece F-22s on order, and four more will be added to the 2009 emergency war-funding budget. But the advanced fighter has not been used in either Iraq or Afghanistan, and Gates believes that, given the more pressing spending priorities, the military has as many F-22s as it needs. Instead, Gates will commit to increasing the supply of the next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as well as weapons systems designed to enhance U.S. capability in current conflicts, from unmanned drones and defenses against medium-range missiles...
...been saying for months that the time has come for a "strategic reshaping" of the way the U.S. military is spending $600 billion a year - a tab that doesn't even include the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now he's going public with the 2010 budget proposal he drafted in secret before formally sending it to the White House and the Office of Management and Budget. It's a ploy designed to build momentum for Gates' plan before it can be sabotaged by defense contractors and lawmakers (often from districts that benefit from building particular...
...Gates' aides explain that his budget is being presented as a single holistic proposal - rather than being leaked in dribs and drabs, which could build resistance to specific changes - and therefore it stands a better chance of winning approval from Congress. But though Gates urged lawmakers to rise above "parochial" concerns in responding to the budget, resistance will be fierce on the Hill, where some view any retooling of the military budget as a recipe for a weaker America and others simply want to keep defense-contractor jobs in their districts - a combination that could yet trump a highly-regarded...