The Office of the Secretary of Defense, eying what a senior official says is a White House-directed cut of "about $460 billion" over the next decade, has instructed the services to deliver by Sept. 16 their revised spending plans in accordance with the Budget Control Act of 2011. On Aug. 23, the Pentagon comptroller, who is responsible for managing the FY-13 budget, and the director of cost assessment and program evaluation, who oversees the future years defense plan, issued joint...
