The Coming U.S. Defense Budget Wars

Photo: Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon

McKeon Predicts Battle Over Potential U.S. Defense Cuts -- Defense News

The likely next chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee expects a "battle" next year between lawmakers who want to further swell the Pentagon's $700 billion annual budget and those advocating cuts.

Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., told a Nov. 15 forum in Washington that he is worried the Obama administration will renege on its promise to allow Defense Secretary Robert Gates to keep funds he saves by ridding unnecessary costs from the military budget and shift those funds to hardware programs.

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More News On The Looming Defense Budget Battles

Cut the Defense Budget? Over My Cold, Dead Gavel -- Danger Room
Billions can be saved in U.S. defence budget - McCain -- Reuters
McKeon: Defense budgets must go up, not down -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
Likely chief of Armed Services panel opposed to defense budget cuts -- CNN
Rep. McKeon: Defense authorization bill unlikely to pass in lame-duck session -- The Hill
China Threats Merit Shifting of U.S. Defense Dollars, House's McKeon Says -- Bloomberg
McKeon: Defense cuts unacceptable -- Navy Times
Hill Won’t Pass Defense Policy Bill -- DoD Buzz
GOP’s McKeon: Reauthorize War on Terror -- Wall Street Journal
McKeon wants defense budget free of 'social agenda' items -- CNN
TEXT-McKeon's remarks on U.S. defense spending, Afghan war -- Reuters
Who's in, who's out among House Democrats -- Stars And Stripes
On The Hill, Democrats Losing Top Voices On Defense -- NPR
The GOP Won't Cut Spending, and That's a Good Thing -- Michael Cohen, Aol News/opinion
The Future of Bloated Defense -- Lewis McCrary, American Conservative