U.S. Defense Budget Cuts - A News And Budget Roundup

JSF Survives, Global Hawk Dies, Global Strike Revives; Panetta's Budget -- Aol Defense News

PENTAGON: In what may come to be called the dawn of the 21st century drawdown of the American military, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today unveiled a budget he hopes balances smaller forces with sustained and far reaching threats.

Panetta said the force that will result from the $525 billion budget request for fiscal 2013 will be "smaller and leaner, but agile, flexible, ready and technologically advanced." Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered the important point that the budget was predicated on the assumption that "capabilities are more important than size." Since the Army will shrink to 490,000 from its current 570,000 and the Marines will come down to 182,000 from 202,000 under the five-year request that will be crucial to retaining America's overwhelming military superiority.

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More News On What Is To Be Cut In the U.S. Defense Budget

Pentagon’s defense budget plan -- U.S. Defense Department (PDF)
Major Budget Decisions Briefing from the Pentagon (Transcript) -- US Department of Defense
Panetta Announces Fiscal 2013 Budget Priorities -- US Department of Defense
Pentagon Outlines 2013 Budget Cuts -- Defense News
Hot Docs: DoD’s 2013 Budget Briefing Documents -- Defense Tech

A Look at the New Pentagon -- Ares/Aviation Week
Pentagon cuts reshape military, trim costs -- Economic Times
Pentagon: Army, Marines to shrink as budget slows -- Boston.com/AP
Panetta Plan for Lean, Agile Military Reflects a Tighter Budget -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Judgment day -- DoD Buzz
Pentagon Plan Includes Base Closings and Smaller Raises -- New York Times
Pentagon budget set to shrink next year -- Washington Post
Budgeting for a new military vision -- CNN
Pentagon cuts reshape military, trim costs -- Reuters
Pentagon Unveils Tighter Spending Plan -- Wall Street Journal
US plans to cut Army, invest in future -- AFP
Pentagon budget cuts hit force size, facilities -- Army Times
DoD Unveils Major Force Reductions -- Military.com
Pentagon Asia Shift Favors Subs, Bombers, Tankers, Panetta Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Pentagon budget cuts will shrink military, reduce ground forces -- The Hill
Panetta: Troop numbers to fall, but no hit to active-duty pay and benefits -- Stars and Stripes
Panetta Outlines US Defense Budget Decisions -- Voice of America
US military: Defence Secretary Leon Panetta reveals cuts (Video) -- BBC
Pentagon budget plan hits ships and planes -- Money Control
Defense budget plan would cut spending by half a trillion -- L.A. Times
Panetta Outlines US Defense Budget Decisions -- Voice of America

US military prepares to shed 100,000 troops -- The Telegraph
New Pentagon Plan Would Cut Ground Forces By 100,000 -- FOX News
Panetta: U.S. ground forces would shrink by 100,000 -- USA Today/AP
US to cut almost 100,000 troops -- BBC
US to cut ground forces by 100,000 -- Press Association

Panetta: Full Commitment to U.S. F-35 Program -- US Defense News
Pentagon says to slow procurement of F-35 fighters -- Reuters
U.S. to slow F-35 procurement as billions get slashed from defence budget -- Canada.com
USAF to Kill Block 30 Global Hawks -- Defense News
Panetta Said to Seek Cancellation of L-3’s U.S. Army C-27J Transport Plane -- Bloomberg

Navy To Drop 3 Ships in 2013; May Keep 313-Ship Goal -- Aol Defense
Panetta: Navy will keep 11-carrier fleet amid defense cuts -- Hampton Roads/AP
Big cuts coming; lower pay raises start in 2015 -- Navy Times
The Proof Is In The Pudding -- Information Dissemination
U.S. Pushes Back Future Ballistic-Missile Sub -- Global Security Newswire
20,000 Marines to be cut, Pentagon announces -- Marine Times

Cyber and unmanned war systems spared axe -- Sydney Morning Herald
The U.S. Military Cuts for the Cloud -- New York Times
Asia-Pacific region spared knife as Panetta slashes US forces -- The Australian
Pentagon cuts to hit defense industry -- Washington Post
Panetta: Military cuts to hit 'all 50 states' -- MSNBC
Pentagon to Request Two New Rounds of Base Closures -- Defense News
HASC Vice Chair dismisses proposed base closures -- DoD Buzz

Humans Lose, Robots Win in New Defense Budget -- Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room
Pentagon's new budget: Rise of the machines -- RT

U.S. Defence Cuts Not Actually Real Cuts -- Ottawa Citizen
U.S. Navy Sidesteps Most Pentagon Cuts -- Defense News
Defense budget plan doesn't cut as deeply as Pentagon says -- McClatchy News
Expert: Proposed U.S. Defense Cuts Less Severe Than They Seem -- Voice of America

Pentagon budget: top 3 winners and losers -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
Military cutback contains surprise -- Nanacy A. Youseff, Kansas City/McClatchy News
The Promise — and The Danger — in Panetta’s Budget -- Gordon Adams, Time
The Defense Budget: “You Used to Be Big” -- Mark Thompson, Time
Panetta Admits There Are ‘Risks’ Associated With Military Cutbacks -- Patrick Goodenough -- CNS News
An altered landscape -- Philip Ewing, DoD Buzz
With a Leaner Military, a Long List of Potential Threats -- Justin Fishel, FOX News
Pentagon’s Preview of Defense Budget Indicates Future Military Will Lack Important Capabilities -- Heritage Foundation

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