BUDGET REQUEST - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Robert F. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller) testify at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the department's 2012 budget request in Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeleyDefense Chiefs Defend Pentagon Budget Plan -- CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Top defense officials defended President Barack Obama's proposed $78 billion cut in Pentagon spending Wednesday, calling it a reasonable reflection of economic reality and changing military demands.
They ripped Congress's failure to pass a defense budget for the current fiscal year, however, warning that a continued unwillingness or inability to do so would have dangerous repercussions for the country's military readiness.
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More News On The U.S. Defense Chiefs Defending The Pentagon's Budget Plan
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Pentagon chiefs: don't cut defense too deeply -- AP
Gates Tells Congress Funding Cuts Would Cause Crisis -- U.S. Department of Defense
Gates finds few lawmakers backing new budget plans -- Stars And Stripes
Pentagon Budget Sees Weapons Growth Above Inflation Through 2016 -- Bloomberg
My Comment: The Danger Room's analysis concurs with my own. The link to their article is here.