FULL HOUSE - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., May 24, 2011. DOD photo by Cherie CullenGates Warns That Freezing Defense Spending Could Harm Military For Decades -- Washington Post
As he prepares to retire next month, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is sounding increasingly stark warnings about how a prolonged freeze in defense spending could curtail U.S. military power for decades.
Gates’s latest lecture came Tuesday, when he told a mostly hawkish audience at the American Enterprise Institute that the country’s “bleak fiscal outlook” is likely to force the Pentagon to shrink the size of the armed forces. He also said the U.S. military will have to make hard choices about what kinds of missions to prepare for instead of planning how to respond to possible situations around the world.
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