Defense Secretary Robert Gates is poised to take the unusual step of releasing his recommendations for fiscal year 2010 defense budget changes before submitting the full plan to the White House Office of Management and Budget, a top Senate Democrat said today. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) told defense reporters the strategy will help relieve political pressure on the Obama administration. Declining to comment on when the recommendations may be made public, Levin did say that...
