"...finding more places to cut the budget would be one of the top items on Panetta's agenda when he arrives at the Pentagon on July 1." Reuters
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Well, bless him if he can manage that.
It will take a major change in foreign policy to make that possible. At the same time the flags who have grown fat at the trough in the last decade have no historic memory and will insist that such cuts in acquisitions, operations and maintenance are "disloyal."
Such a change in foreign policy does not necessarily mean isolationism. What it really would mean is an abandonment of the "American Exceptionalism" imperial meme. The Navy and Air force look like good "bets" in this environment.
No more culture wars overseas. pl
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/us-usa-pentagon-industry-analysis-idUSTRE73Q8E120110427
