Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work says that the Defense Department‘s fiscal 2016 budget proposal will enable the department to pick up long-term modernization programs following delays brought about by the recent sequestration, DoD News
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The congressionally-chartered National Defense Panel has released a report calling for the repeal of the budget sequestration, a view that Rep. Randy Forbes agrees on, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes that
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The Defense Department is close to completing its 2015 budget proposal, Defense News reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber writes Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has met with military and civilian officials to finalize the
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Defense Department leaders will propose three scenarios for automatic spending cuts when they present a military strategy report to Secretary Chuck Hagel by the end of the month, Defense News reported Sunday.
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is asking senior civilian and military personnel to examine the department’s strategies under sequestration, according to a DoD article. Pentagon press secretary George Little said Hagel wants the
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Soon-to-retire Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters yesterday efforts to wring even more cost-savings from the Defense Department must avoid “hollowing out†the armed forces and involve a tough, public discussion
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