Pentagon To Shrink U.S. Army Troop Numbers To 1940 Levels. A-10 And U-2 To Be Canceled

Pentagon Wants To Cut Troops To 1940 Levels, Ditch A-10 and U-2 -- NBC

Firing the opening salvo in a bloody budget battle, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is set to recommend drastic cuts of billions of dollars that would take U.S military forces to levels not seen since before World War II.

The cuts in military spending, forces and weapons programs address the stark reality of growing budget pressures at home and point to improbability that the United States will ever again engage in a large ground war.

The plan, to be unveiled Monday afternoon, is likely to face stiff opposition on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers will battle for every troop, weapons program and dollar.

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Hagel to Propose Big Cuts in Army in 2015 Budget -- ABC News/AP
Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level -- New York Times
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to recommend deep budget cuts targeting pay, benefits -- CBS
Pentagon plans to shrink Army to Pre-World War II level -- Reuters
Report: US Army to Shrink to Pre-World War Two Levels -- Voice of America
Report: Hagel plans to reduce size of Army to pre-WWII levels -- The Hill
Defense budget said to shrink Army to pre-World War II low -- UPI
Proposed budget will reportedly shrink Army to pre-WWII numbers -- FOX News
Pentagon to propose shrinking US Army -- Al Jazeera
Chuck Hagel to shrink Army to pre-World War II levels, report says -- Washington Times