With a number of Pentagon weapons programs over budget and behind schedule, lawmakers are considering delaying funds on a number of those big-ticket systems while axing others in the upcoming fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill, a top House policymaker said today. With the Navy and Air Force pursuing ambitious recapitalization plans in FY-09, coupled with the Army's attempt to reset its forces in the wake of ongoing combat operations in Southwest Asia, the resulting budgetary pressures will force Congress...
