Cartwright: DOD Doing 'Due Diligence' On Possible Steeper Budget Cuts

By Jordana Mishory / July 14, 2011 at 5:42 PM
The Pentagon is looking at cuts much deeper than the $400 billion President Obama seeks to strip from security spending over the next decade, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright said today. Cartwright told reporters at a breakfast in Washington that the Defense Department wants to understand the effects of steeper cuts should they become necessary. Although Cartwright said the Pentagon has not been told to prepare for anything greater than the $400 billion through...

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