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Gates to kill JFCOM, cut general officer bill...
Published on Monday, August 9, 2010 by Angel Defense Secretary Robert Gates killed U.S. Joint Forces Command on Monday with the announcement that the Suffolk, Va.-based command will be shuttered “in about a year” as part of the latest round of cost-cutting measures.... Read More » -
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Gates to kill JFCOM, cut general officer bill...
Published on Monday, August 9, 2010 by Angel Defense Secretary Robert Gates killed U.S. Joint Forces Command on Monday with the announcement that the Suffolk, Va.-based command will be shuttered “in about a year” as part of the latest round of cost-cutting measures.... Read More » -
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Advisory board urges DoD civilian staff cuts
Published on Friday, July 23, 2010 by Angel An influential Pentagon advisory board will recommend that Defense Department Secretary Robert Gates slash the civilian work force by more than 111,000 people and drastically pare the military’s combatant command structure as ways to save billions of dollars.... Read More » -
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Gates: U.S. must rethink expensive ships, EFV
Published on Monday, May 3, 2010 by Angel Pentagon and naval officials must decide whether to keep buying multibillion-dollar warships, since the Navy’s shipbuilding budget is unlikely to grow amid economic uncertainty and two wars, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.... Read More » -
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DoD: Bomber substitute may be family of syste...
Published on Monday, March 29, 2010 by Angel The Defense Department is examining how to fit “complementary” tools on the “family of systems” that would replace a long-range bomber concept terminated last year, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said Monday. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in April 2009 canceled a years-long effort to establish requirements and a formal development pr... Read More » -
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Partners of gay troops to get benefits, too?
Published on Saturday, March 27, 2010 by Angel WASHINGTON — If gay service members are allowed to serve openly, the military will face another tough question: Should gay partners be entitled to military benefits?Momentum appears to be building for ending the ban on gays in the military. New rules ordered Thursday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates make it harder to discharge men and women under the policy kno... Read More » -
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Partners of gay troops to get benefits, too?
Published on Saturday, March 27, 2010 by Angel WASHINGTON — If gay service members are allowed to serve openly, the military will face another tough question: Should gay partners be entitled to military benefits?Momentum appears to be building for ending the ban on gays in the military. New rules ordered Thursday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates make it harder to discharge men and women under the policy kno... Read More » -
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VFW apologizes for barb on health care reform
Published on Saturday, March 27, 2010 by Angel The commander of the nation’s largest organization for combat veterans has issued an unusual apology for stating that President Obama’s national health care reform initiative is “betraying” veterans.Thomas Tradewell Sr., national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, issued a written apology for his earlier criticism of Obama and Democrati... Read More » -
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Gates: DoD examining F/A-18 multiyear plans
Published on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Angel Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that Pentagon officials are reviewing proposals from Boeing under which DoD would buy new F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters with multiyear contracts, plans the prime contractor says would save the military up to 10 percent. Gates told the House Appropriations defense subcommittee that Pentagon officials have received “a n... Read More » -
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Pentagon review of ‘mentors’ due
Published on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by Angel WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ top deputy will on Wednesday brief the Joint Chiefs of Staff on his recommendations to regulate the Pentagon’s practice of hiring retired senior officers to advise the military, Gates’ spokesman said. Gates ordered Deputy Secretary William Lynn in December to review the military’s practice of p... Read More »