From Yahoo News/CQ Politics:Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates plans to brief congressional leaders and announce Monday a "fundamental shift" in defense spending and priorities, his spokesman said Friday.
The fiscal 2010 funding choices in the announcement will represent the first major defense policy decisions of President Obama's administration. Specific details of the budget are not expected until the first week of May, but Gates will make the unusual move of announcing several major program decisions weeks ahead of the budget release, according to the spokesman.
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My Comment: Fundamental shift it is .... but is this shift based on financial concerns .... or defense/security concerns. From my vantage point, it appears that it is because of principles that the budget is going to be cut .... not because of strategic security reasons.
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