Mullen: Divide DOD Budget Differently

By Christopher J. Castelli / September 22, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen today questioned the wisdom of continuing to treat the Army, Navy and Air Force as fiscal equals -- even as he warned against letting spending cuts devolve into a parochial squabble for resources among the armed services. In a speech today to Business Executives for National Security, he said the "one-third, one-third, one-third" approach to funding the three military departments could be obsolete. "I don't know if that's right," Mullen...

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