PRESS ADDRESS - Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, makes a comment during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at the Pentagon, August 4, 2011. The defense leaders focused on debt reduction. It was Panetta's first Pentagon press briefing since he was sworn in as defense secretary July 1. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeleyDoD: Seriously, Enough With All The Cuts -- DoD Buzz
For the record and on background, in the offices and in the corridors, the message from the Puzzle Palace this week is the same: We’ve taken one for the team. We’ve been preparing for months to absorb a $400 billion reduction in the growth of our budget over the next little while. (Maybe a decade, maybe longer.) So now, leave us alone. And if Congress’ super-team can’t come to an agreement on deficit reduction and spare us another $500 billion in reductions — which would be triggered by the Doomsday Device — all hell will break loose.
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Turkey names new military chiefs -- The Guardian
China Builds Fleet of Small Warships While U.S. Drifts -- Danger Room
China, Casinos and the Ark Royal -- The Diplomat
Poland Fires Military Officials Over 2010 Crash -- New York Times
Russia eyeing $3b in arms contracts -- China Daily
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Shipbuilding Programs -- Information Dissemination
2,000 Tomahawks Fired in Anger -- Defense Tech
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Why defense spending should be cut -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
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