defense spending

• Defense Secretary Robert Gates: I’m looking to cut $10 billion

  Sec. Gates orders a top-to-bottom review to find at least $10 billion in annual savings.

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  May 19, 2010
• Big Bucks Wish List

  When Congress passed the Tobacco bill, many federal and postal workers and retirees got short-changed because it moved so quickly. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they have a fighting chance to recoup some of those losses in the pending Defense Authorization battle between the House and Senate.

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  September 14, 2009
• New Defense Priorities & the New Budget

  Tomorrow is the expected release date of the FY2010 DoD budget recommendation from Secretary Gates. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn talked about the change in priorities in that budget at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space…

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  May 06, 2009
• Analyzing the New Pentagon Budget Approach

  This Thursday Defense Secretary Robert Gates will release the Pentagon’s FY 2010 budget. Secretary Gates has talked about what priorities the budget will contain. The Senate Armed Services Committee called two experts on every aspect…

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  May 04, 2009
• Secretary Gates at the Naval War College

  Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a tour of the military’s war colleges. On Friday he spoke at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Among the topics of discussion: what the military can…

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  April 20, 2009
• Rep. Frank Wolf: short answers to big questions

  Wolf weighs in on reporting guidelines, the Defense budget, and relations with Cuba.

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  April 09, 2009
• The Pentagon Budget: Predictions Coming True

  Monday we brought you Defense Secretary Gates’s news conference outlining big changes to the FY2010 budget at DoD. Many of those changes were suggested to the House Armed Services Committee just last Friday by William…

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  April 07, 2009