Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is scheduled to brief Congress tomorrow (Thursday) concerning his efforts to find $100 billion in savings over five years from overhead and unnecessary programs. A press conference following his briefing is anticipated. Some of the latest news and opinion items follow:
Contractors Brace for Cuts as Gates Readies Budget Axe - Wall Street Journal
Gates Expected to Announce Budget Details, Cuts - ExecutiveGov
The Final Gates Defense-Budget Showdown Begins - Wired
Gates Hopes to Preempt Congress on Budget - Politico
Pentagon Poised to Cancel Marine Landing Craft - New York Times
Gates Wants to Drop $14 Billion EFV Program - Washington Post
Stealth Jet Delay Could Screw Marine Corps - Wired
Gates Aims to Shift Pentagon Spending, Avoid Cuts - Associated Press
Gates Moves to Preempt U.S. Defense Budget Cuts - Agence France-Press
Pentagon Cuts to Reflect Gates, White House Tussle - Reuters
Protecting Irregular Capacity Under Constrained Funding - Global Security Monitor
How to Cut $1 Trillion from the Pentagon - CNN News