Defense Secretary Robert Gates is poised to direct the services to squeeze as much as $60 billion from their five-year investment plans to finance new capabilities he believes are higher priorities, a top Pentagon official said today. David Ochmanek, deputy assistant secretary of defense for force development, said Gates is poised to issue revised guidance for the development of the force as soon as this week, a step that marks the first recommendations of the ongoing Quadrennial Defense Review. The...
