OMB, DoD Agree On $523B 2013 Budget; Budget Chicken Begins -- Aol Defense
WASHINGTON: President Obama's defense budget for 2013 implements the start of the $500 billion in budget cuts required by the Budget Control Act but does not address the additional $600 billion in cuts triggered by the Super Committee's failure.
The most important implication deduced from the chart above would be that the administration has begun playing budget chicken since it does not include any cuts that would be required by the sequestration triggered by Congress' failure to cut $1.2 trillion last month.
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
White House renews veto threat on defense bill -- AP
U.S. mulls Israeli anti-rocket system buy -- UPI
Before and After Photos of Iran’s Destroyed Missile Base -- Defense Tech
U.K. Plans Subterranean Plutonium Storage Site -- Global Security Newswire
Royal Navy warships return home for Christmas -- New Telegraph
Delivery of New Russian Attack Sub Postponed for 2012 -- Ares/Aviation Week
Abandoned Soviet Outpost: Glimpses of a Forgotten, Forbidden City -- Spiegel Online
Australian navy officer in spanking scandal -- The Telegraph
U.S. Releases Nuclear Missile, Bomber Counts -- Global Security News
Pentagon: Slow F-35 Production -- Defense Tech
F-35 fighter program will feel impact of Pentagon budget cuts -- McClathcy News
F136, Rest In Peace; GE, Rolls Formally Declare It's Over -- Aol Defense
GE, Rolls announce end to engine development -- DoD Buzz
6th Fleet to get four destroyers to build missile defense system -- Stars and Stripes
Military's secret shuttle passes test, remains in orbit -- Florida Today
Cyber security bill promotes sharing of threat data -- CNN
Charges of "Cruelty" by a Second Navy Female Skipper Substantiated -- Time
Lawmakers Push to Save Spy Program for Commercial Satellites -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Intelligence: The Wi-Fi Eyes Have It -- Strategy Page
Spy Agencies Cut Their Holiday Parties -- Wall Street Journal
The risks of military cutbacks -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Men Convicted in Death of SEAL's Working Dog -- Military.com
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