The Washington defense community returned to work Oct. 29 after a weekend spent digesting the potential impact of a White House-directed $33 billion cut to the Pentagon's budget in fiscal year 2020, a reduction Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan confirmed the previous Friday. Shanahan said last week at a Military Reporters and Editors conference he received a phone call from White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney telling the Pentagon to shift its expectations from a $733...