GATES' SPEECH - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during a visit to the Director of National Intelligence headquarters in McLean, Va., May 25, 2011. Gates received the National Intelligence Distinguished Public Service Medal. DOD photo by Cherie CullenSpending Cuts Will Force Tough Choices For Military, Gates Says -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
WASHINGTON -- The outgoing defense secretary, Robert Gates, said Tuesday that the U.S. military would become smaller and service members' pay and benefits could be reduced as the Pentagon struggles to meet President Barack Obama's stringent cost-cutting targets.
In what he called his last major policy speech in Washington before he steps down June 30, Gates said that in order to meet Obama's goal of $400 billion in military spending cuts over 12 years, Americans would face tough choices over whether to eliminate some weapons programs, shrink the size of fighting units, and overhaul health care and retirement packages for service members.
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