Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told InsideDefense.com yesterday that he does not expect the Bush administration to finish its top-to-bottom national security review until the fall, delaying the release of significant information on Bush's defense spending plans for fiscal year 2002 and beyond. Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is leading the review, have said it will form the basis of the administration's defense plans, which may include spending increases as...
