Cuts Have Hagel Weighing Realigned Military Budget -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has traditionally managed rivalries among services by giving each more or less equal shares of the base military budget.
Today, under pressure from the threat of nearly $1 trillion in forced spending reductions, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the days of automatic, equitable allotment to the Army, Air Force and Navy may be over.
“We’re challenging every past assumption, every past formula,” Mr. Hagel said in an interview.
In recent weeks, Mr. Hagel has filled his calendar with an accelerated series of meetings with the service secretaries and Joint Chiefs, and with the global combatant commanders. He is requiring them to explain — and defend — how they contribute to security against current global threats, with the Army viewed as most at risk of even steeper cuts.
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