Task Force Seeks To Trim $960 Billion From Pentagon Budget -- Market WatchGroup eyes big-ticket weapons, force size to reduce costs over 10 years
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Pentagon could save nearly $1 trillion over the next 10 years if would reduce the size of its fighting force and dump a handful of heavy-weapon programs that have long histories of trouble and cost growth, a bipartisan task force said Friday.
The Sustainable Defense Task Force, formed under the auspices of U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D, Mass.), said chopping back the procurement of dud projects could save the country $88.7 billion.
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