Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27, 2009. Secretary Gates wore his jacket halfway on due to surgery on his arm last week. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen. (Released)From McClatchy:
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plan to overhaul military spending practices and strategy signals a new Pentagon willingness to play hardball politics with lawmakers in Congress.
Gates presented his changes April 6 as though they were another piece of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package.
"I am concerned for the possibility that these decisions will have an impact on individual companies and workers around the country," Gates said at a media briefing. He proceeded to describe job losses resulting from the proposed end of the F-22 fighter jet program — and noted that they'd be offset by likely gains from expanded production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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My Comment: The executive branch of the U.S. Government can only propose .... it is the Congress that disposes. Robert Gate's two big challenges will be missile defense and the F-22. If history is any indication .... and if I was a betting man .... the F-22 production line will still continue, and R&D for missile defense will not be cut.
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