Under Close Scrutiny from Gates, Service Wish Lists Get Smaller

By Jason Sherman, Marcus Weisgerber / May 18, 2009 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force and Marine Corps have dramatically scaled back the size and scope of their new-equipment wish lists, suggesting that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is bringing the service chiefs to heel in curbing an annual practice through which the top brass have indirectly sought billions of dollars for systems not funded in Pentagon budget requests. The Air Force today sent Congress a $1.9 billion list of unfunded requirements for fiscal year 2010 -- a list considerably smaller than the...

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