Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Pentagon Budget Cuts Coming Sooner Rather Than Later

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left at the head of the table, and Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III, right, meet at the Pentagon, Sept. 13, 2011, with CEOs of companies that are members of the Aerospace Indusries Association. DOD photo by R.D. Ward

Lawmakers, Industry Gear Up For Budget Battle -- Aol Defense

Washington: Defense hawks and defense industry supporters are ramping up the rhetoric as they prepare to battle for defense dollars on Capitol Hill.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta plans to meet tomorrow with top defense industry leaders as Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee prepares to weigh in on defense spending levels for fiscal year 2012.

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More News On The Upcoming Pentagon Budget Battles

Panetta To Meet With Aerospace Industry -- Defense News
Harsh new realities for the military industrial complex -- CNN Money
Industry faces a tough decade -- Financial Times
US: Bye, big spender, as budget is scaled back -- Financial Times
Deputy US Defense nominee warns on big budget cuts -- Reuters
Pentagon Must Improve ‘Not Acceptable’ Procurement, Carter Says -- Bloomberg
US Can't Afford 'Bloated' Defense Spending -- Gretchen Hamel, Aol Defense
The Military-industrial Complex’s War on Defense Cuts -- Michael Tennant, New American
Defense spending must have credit limits -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post
Editorial: Gutting Defense Won't Solve Debt Crisis -- IBD Editorial

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