England Issues New DOD Fiscal Guidance; Army Braces for $25 Billion Cut

By Jason Sherman, Jen DiMascio / April 19, 2006 at 5:00 AM
The Defense Department is girding for a new round of fiscal belt tightening that could squeeze $25 billion from the Army across the Pentagon's new six-year spending plan and force the ground service for a second consecutive year to choose between significant cuts in the size of its forces and scaling back key equipment modernization programs. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England earlier this month issued fiscal guidance directing all of the military services to scale back spending plans as they...

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