Decisions on weapon system investments made in the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review are set to dominate changes to the Pentagon's spending plans this fall, according to defense documents and officials. Those budget decisions, according to senior Office of the Secretary of Defense officials, will be made within funding guidelines laid down earlier this year as part of the 2006-2007 spending plan. That pegs the Pentagon's topline at $443 billion in 2007, after which it is slated to climb $10 billion...
