Congress Girds For Defense Budget Battle - -Stars And StripesWASHINGTON — The budget fight on Capitol Hill began just minutes after the fiscal 2010 defense plan was unveiled Monday.
Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb expressed deep concerns about reductions in Navy shipbuilding. Another group of senators lead by Alaska Democrat Mark Begich sent a letter criticizing proposed cuts in missile defense.
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McHugh of New York called the budget cuts too drastic for a nation still fighting overseas. Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma called it a plan to "disarm America," adding "never before has a president so ravaged the military at a time of war."
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More News And Commentary On The Upcoming Pentagon Budget Battles
Gates’s Cuts to an Array of Weapons Bring a Fight -- New York Times
Michael Vickers, The Stealth Operator of the Pentagon Budget Reforms -- Washington Independent
Pentagon Chief: Why I Tore Up the Army's 'Future' -- The Danger Room
Gates: Why I Kept Troubled Ship, Swimming Vehicle -- The Danger Room
As Defense Boss, Cheney Pushed Big Weapons Cuts -- The Danger Room
Weapons Wars -- Washington Post editorial
Mr. Gates’s Budget -- New York Times editorial
On the Defensive -- Washington Times editorial
Obama and Gates Gut the Military -- Wall Street Journal opinion
Cutting the Force While Growing the Force -- National Review
Defense Cuts Will Leave America Vulnerable -- Washington Examiner editorial
Cuts Did Not Go Far Enough -- New York Times editorial
The Decimation of Missile Defense -- Investor's Business Daily editorial
Pentagon Finally Cutting Weapons Programs -- Kaplan, Slate
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