Notes from the 2010 Air Force Association Air & Space Conference, Sept. 13-15, 2010, National Harbor, MD

/ September 16, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Cut Up: What was intended as a tongue-in-cheek shot across the Pentagon's bow over shrinking budget levels backfired badly for an Air Force general this week. During the four-star forum, Air National Guard chief Lt. Gen. Harry Wyatt was asked that if he, hypothetically, had to "cut one dollar" from his annual budget request, where would he take the cut. In response, Wyatt replied "I'd take it on my wrist. I'm at that point, at least in the Air National...

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