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The Pentagon Would Take $100 Billion Hit

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US Secretary of Defense Gates has launched a drive to save $100 billion in defense costs over 5 years. These costs were expected to put back into weapons procurement and other costs. The President's Deficit Commission report of 2010 proposes to apply the savings to deficit reduction. US military spending costs $700 billion a year. Weapons reductions include one version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the Army's Ground Combat Vehicle. The deficit panel also took aim at the military health care costs, up from $19 billion a decade ago to $50 billion. And the deficit panel would cut the US military personnel and bases by a third from the 150,000 military personnel stationed overseas.

The 2010 Deficit Commission and reduction in defense spending

07/09/2010

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