Originally Posted by
Syme
Sorry, I should have made this clear in the OP: Gates' defense budget proposal for next year does NOT entail an overall reduction in the size of the DOD's budget. In fact, it's actually $20 billion larger than this year's defense budget. Money will be cut from many programs, but just as much money will be added to other programs. So we're talking about a reshuffling of money within the DOD budget, away from high-tech weapons systems and towards counterinsurgency-oriented programs, rather than an actual spending cut.
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