U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon Bueno talk on a plane before departing Tibu, Colombia, March 27, 2012. The defense leaders traveled to Joint Task Force Vulcano to visit Colombian troops and engineers, and the U.S. troops who helped train them. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
Top Military Officer: U.S. Can Stay Global Power Despite Threatened Cuts -- Wall Street Journal
BRASILIA–The top U.S. military officer raised eyebrows earlier this year with a dire warning to Congress about the consequences of imposing automatic across the board budget cuts on the Pentagon: “We would no longer be a global power.”
On Wednesday, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sought to amend his earlier remarks, telling reporters traveling with him in Brazil: “The idea that I really wanted to get across was that we wouldn’t be the global power that we know ourselves to be today.”
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Update: Dempsey says he 'misspoke' on defense cuts -- Kansas City/AP
My Comment: These cuts are not 'threatened' .... they are real cuts. But his optimism is understandable .... he has to toe the White House/Pentagon line.
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