Willing to consider USAFE cuts

Welsh, Nominated As Service Chief, Promises More Open Budget Process

/ July 19, 2012 at 9:51 PM
The general likely to become the Air Force's next chief of staff told Senators this week that the service's fiscal year 2013 budget was put together using a flawed process and that future budget submissions will solicit more input from state officials and the reserve components. Gen. Mark Welsh, commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), has been nominated to replace Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz as the service's top military official. Welsh testified...

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