As the Quadrennial Defense Review debates the need for various costly weapons, key military personnel programs must not become budgetary sacrificial lambs, the military's top officer warned today. "We're going through a big debate right now about systems, major acquisition programs -- what we should buy for the future," Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen said in a speech at the Brookings Institution. "What we should buy for the future is to make sure we get it right...
