The Defense Department is weighing $32 billion in cuts to major weapon systems and Army force structure over the next six years, reductions that may represent only a down payment on the total bill facing the Pentagon as federal budget pressures mount. The steep cuts -- including an $8 billion decrement in fiscal year 2007 -- were proposed by the services after Gordon England, acting deputy defense secretary, directed them in an Oct. 19 memo to nominate $32.1 billion in...
