Pentagon Told to Save Billions for Use in War -- New York TimesWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered the military and the Pentagon’s civilian bureaucracy to find tens of billions of dollars in annual savings to pay for war-fighting operations, senior officials said Thursday.
His goal is $7 billion in spending cuts and efficiencies for 2012, growing to $37 billion annually by 2016.
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My Comment: This is not my idea on how to finance a war .... but I guess difficult times calls for difficult decisions. My prediction .... programs that can save soldiers lives in the field will be either curtailed and/or cut .... thereby effecting morale and the effectiveness of our fighting men and women.
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Iraq is drawing down, so maybe the reduction in civilian contractors (Halliburton, KBR) out there will save a few bucks.
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