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| Defense Official: Obama Calling for Defense Budget Cuts |
| 2009-01-31 |
| 11 days and counting The Obama administration has asked the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon's budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 percent -- about $55 billion -- a senior U.S. defense official tells FOX News. Last year's defense budget was $512 billion. Service chiefs and planners will be spending the weekend "burning the midnight oil" looking at ways to cut the budget -- looking especially at weapons programs, the defense official said. Some overall budget figures are expected to be announced Monday. Obama met Friday at the White House with a small group of military advisers, including Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman, and Gen. Jim Jones, National Security Council chairman. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #9 SW: No chance of cutting the pork package by 10%, is there? To Ogabe, the only pork in the budget is in defense. In fact, in Ogabe world, defense is 100% pork. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2009-01-31 21:13 |
| #8 The staff guys are already starting to rework the FY10 package with new direction. Unofficially calling it FY10.5. |
| Posted by: rwv 2009-01-31 18:54 |
| #7 If it is in a Democrat's area it should be considered for removal from the Defense budget unless it is a critical item for the troops. |
| Posted by: tipover 2009-01-31 17:34 |
| #6 When we start with all the programs in Rep. Murtha's [D-PA] district. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-31 16:52 |
| #5 Someone had to feel the pinch do Acorn can get his 4 billions. |
| Posted by: JFM 2009-01-31 16:38 |
| #4 If I were a Pub congresscritter I'd call him on it. I'd show Bambi a little more of that vaunted, recent Pub unity and ensure that not a single Pub voted for the defense cuts. Bambi wants it, he gets the Donks to go along. All of them. Would make 2010 very interesting. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-31 16:11 |
| #3 People are going to be very eager for November 2010 to roll around. Shortest honeymoon on record. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-01-31 14:21 |
| #2 No chance of cutting the pork package by 10%, is there? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-31 14:20 |
| #1 I wonder if his lordship will ask ANY other agency of the federal govt to cut 10% of its budget. But then I already know the answer to the question... |
| Posted by: remoteman 2009-01-31 14:09 |