McKeon Challenges Proposed Pentagon Budget Cuts

By Jason Sherman / January 26, 2011 at 9:54 PM
Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today signaled his sharp disagreement with the Obama administration's proposed cuts to the Pentagon's budget and vowed to fight "any measures that stress our forces." McKeon said that while he supports Defense Secretary Robert Gates' effort to find efficiencies in the Defense Department's operations, he plans in coming weeks to “pursue” the consequences of the White House Office of Management and Budget decision last month to cut planned DOD...

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