Pentagon Cost-Saving Drive Comes Under Fire -- Wall Street JournalLawmakers worried about potential job losses in their districts have rallied against the closure of a military command in Virginia, presenting Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with a big test of his sweeping effort to hold down military spending.
Earlier this month, Mr. Gates announced he would cut payments to outside contractors by 10% a year for the next three years, saying the Pentagon bureaucracy had "grown over-reliant on contractors and grown accustomed to operating with little consideration to cost."
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My Comment: Tens of billions of dollars are at stake, as well as tens of thousands of jobs .... it should come to no one's surprise that this cost cutting drive will have its critics. But when the final decision to get things done comes down to the wire .... that is when the fireworks will really start to fly.
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