Gen. George W. Casey last year displayed a vehicle from the Army's Future Combat Systems program, which is expected to be heavily cut. Photo Credit: By Haraz N. Ghanbari -- Associated PressFrom The Washington Post:
Proposal Said to Move Focus To Counterinsurgency Efforts.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is expected to announce on Monday the restructuring of several dozen major defense programs as part of the Obama administration's bid to shift military spending from preparations for large-scale war against traditional rivals to the counterinsurgency programs that Gates and others consider likely to dominate U.S. conflicts in coming decades.
Gates's aides say his plan would boost spending for some programs and take large whacks at others, including some with powerful constituencies on Capitol Hill and among influential contractors, making his announcement more of an opening bid than a decisive end to weeks of sometimes acrimonious internal Pentagon debate.
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My Comment: Major changes is an understatement. Since 9/11 the Pentagon has developed a culture and mindset that they can have anything that they want .... But this culture and mindset (under the direction of Robert Gates) is now about to change big time.
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