The White House budget office has directed all department heads to draw up plans for steep spending cuts in fiscal year 2015 by preparing budget proposals that assume 5- and 10-percent reductions to planned spending levels, cuts that if applied to the Pentagon could slash military spending by as much as $54 billion. In a May 29 memo , Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell issued fiscal year 2015 budget guidance directing all executive branch arms to identify...