Crisis Could Affect Defense Budget -- Military.comWASHINGTON - Troops' pay raises and personnel benefits could be trimmed by the ongoing recession, but lawmakers and military analysts say that's not going to happen this year.
Instead, as the White House prepares its fiscal 2010 defense budget, major weapons systems and long-term equipment development are more likely to feel the economic pinch first.
Congress has already approved more than $680 billion in federal funding for fiscal 2009, including war supplemental budgets, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Last week defense officials brushed aside rumors of a 10 percent cut in base military spending for fiscal 2010, saying they are still in discussions with White House planners on final budget totals.
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My Comment: No one seems to know what is happening. There is no planning. No strategic thinking. No idea on what to do or where to go. There are competing interests at play. Congress wants one thing. Special interest groups want something else. And the defense contractors want the contracts.
The one thing that is lacking is leadership .... and that is the job of the President? He probably has a grace period of one or two more months .... and if he is not giving leadership and guidance by then .... I can guarantee you that problems are going to pop up everywhere.
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and if he is not giving leadership and guidance by then .... I can guarantee you that problems are going to pop up everywhere.
Can't we get a pop-up blocker?
Why hasn't Polywell Fusion been funded by the Obama administration?
Bussard's IEC Fusion Technology (Polywell Fusion) Explained
A pop-up blocker .... that's a good one.
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