Hagel Outlines Budget Reducing Troop Strength, Force Structure -- US Department of Defense
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2014 – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has proposed cuts in military spending that include further reductions in troop strength and force structure in every military service in the coming year as part of an effort to prioritize U.S. strategic interests in the face of reduced resources after more than a decade of war.
At a Pentagon news conference today detailing President Barack Obama’s proposed Pentagon budget for fiscal year 2015, Hagel called the reductions -- including shrinking the Army to its smallest size since before World War II and eliminating an entire fleet of Air Force fighter planes -- “difficult choices” that will change defense institutions for years to come, but designed to leave the military capable of fulfilling U.S. defense strategy and defending the homeland against strategic threats.
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Hagel Moves to Kill Cold War Fleets -- Defense Tech
Hagel orders cut to LCS plans; reduced operations for carriers -- Stars and Stripes
Pentagon Changes Course, Halts LCS at 32 Ships -- Defense News
Nuclear Triad to Survive Hagel Cuts in Pentagon Spending -- Global Security Newswire
'American Dominance In The Seas, Sky And Space can No Longer Be Taken For Granted,' Admits Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel As He Slashes Army To Smallest Size In 74 YEARS -- Daily Mail
Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level -- New York Times
US military plans steep cutbacks, roils ranks -- RT
Pentagon: Ground Forces Can Fight in One Theater, Support Air, Sea Forces in Another -- Defense News
$3,000 hike slated for military family grocery bills -- CNN
Big Bite: Pentagon Budget Cuts Could Raise Troops' Grocery Bills -- NBC
Morning Updates On The Pentagon's Proposal For Massive Cuts In The U.S. Military Budget
Secretary of Defense Speech Outlining Budget Reducing Troop Strength, Force Structure -- US Department of Defense
Hagel says US military must shrink to face new era -- Washington Times
Factbox: How Pentagon's 2015 budget affects key weapons programs -- Reuters
Winners and Losers in the 2015 Budget -- DoD Buzz
Winners, Losers in Pentagon's New Budget -- NBC
Pentagon budget looks to leaner, more hi-tech force -- AFP
Defense Secretary Proposes Big Cuts to U.S. Military Spending -- Mashable
The Pentagon Is About To Undergo These Major Budget Cuts -- IBTimes
The Pentagon's new budget: Who wins and who loses -- CNBC
Proposed Budget Cuts Benefits, End Strength, Ships -- Military.com
Pentagon's Chuck Hagel plans to downsize US military -- BBC
Pentagon blueprint would cut Army size as military adjusts to leaner budgets -- Washington Post
Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two -- Reuters
Pentagon plans to shrink US Army to pre-WWII level -- AFP
US Army to Shrink to Pre-World War II Levels -- Voice of America
New Pentagon budget calls for smaller Army, pay changes -- USA Today
Pentagon Proposes Cutting the Army to Pre-WWII Level -- ABC News
Hagel Budgets for Smallest Army Since World War II -- Military.com
Washington plans to shrink US Army to smallest size since Pearl Harbor -- Euronews
Hagel to propose big cuts in Army in 2015 budget -- AP
DOD budget: Smaller army, more drones -- UT Sand Diego
Pentagon plan to downsize Army: a sign of US reluctance to nation-build -- Christian Science Monitor
Defense Budget Would Cut Troop Pay and Benefits -- Military.com
Pentagon budget would cut military health benefits and commissary funds -- Washington Post
Proposed defense cuts would hit some bases, spare others -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Hagel: Ground forces can fight in one theater, support air, sea forces in another -- Army Times
Pentagon budget confronts sequestration, end of Afghanistan war -- MSNBC
Pentagon’s Post-War Budget Marks End of War Era -- Stephanie Gaskell, Defense One
The Winners and Losers in Obama’s Defense Spending Request -- Sara Sorcher and Jordain Carney, Defense One/National Journal
The Pentagon Is Picking an Unnecessary Fight With Congress -- James Joyner, Defense One
The New American Way of War -- Josh Voorhees, Slate
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