The White House is concerned that "large cuts" to major Pentagon procurement programs recently agreed to by the House of Representatives will adversely effect modernization efforts key to U.S. military transformation. Cuts to aircraft, shipbuilding and armor modernization accounts directed by the House Armed Services Committee in its version of the fiscal year 2006 defense spending bill "will cause significant delays or cancellation of these programs, which are key to DOD's transformation strategy," the White House Office of Management and...
