Gates to Cut Major Military Command In Virginia, Officials Say at Pat Dollard

Gates to Cut Major Military Command In Virginia, Officials Say

August 9th, 2010 (4) Posted By Pat Dollard.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials briefed on the decision say Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to eliminate a major military command in Norfolk, Va., and try to cut the Pentagon’s use of outside contractors by 10 percent next year.

The plan was to be announced at a Pentagon press conference on Monday. It is part of a broader effort to trim $100 billion from the military’s mammoth budget in the next five years, as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan begin to wind down and Congress turns its attention more to domestic priorities.

The Associated Press has learned that Joint Forces Command will be eliminated and its role absorbed elsewhere within the Defense Department. Gates has long said the Pentagon needs to reduce waste and duplication.

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Bobby E.

I detect a political move by Obama to ‘diss’ Virginia and put a few more people out of work. And, the doofus Gates is more than eager to aid and abet the usurper.
SOC

Impeach Obama NOW!
ji

This is only to shrink the legitimate military and use the money to fund ob’s army.
http://knottiesniche.com Knottie

***according to the source, David Cote, the Honeywell CEO who was appointed to the panel by President Obama, is pushing to find savings elsewhere.
According to the source, Cote and other members, including the commission’s co-chair Alan Simpson, are focusing instead on “freezing military pay, making military people pay for their health care.”***

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/source-debt-commission-fights-over-freezing-military-pay-slashing-benefits.php

Just saying this.. don’t mess with funding my boys in the job you asked them to do! Give them what they need and them some dammit! :gun: