Gates Warns Congress About Steep Defense Cuts
02.16.11 |
(Washington, DC) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is warning Congress to avoid cutting military spending too deeply. Gates told the House Armed Services Committee, "We still live in a very dangerous and often unstable world." He insisted that cutting more than the Pentagon has already proposed would leave the military with less flexibility in a changing world. Gates cited a range of threats from militants to rogue states like Iran and North Korea, as well as China's increased presence in the Pacific.
The Pentagon has already unveiled 78-billion dollars in cuts over five years. Its fiscal year budget for 2012 calls for 553-billion dollars in spending. That's up 22-billion dollars from the level enacted for 2010.
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