A New Pentagon Leadership Team To Tackle It's Budget

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQswsjCpkiyWO2hv6RRGE7gh3yLaxu3IR0Boz311ejDIL6kIFkQ9wlwbwIUL5U2NM2L-p3IhDkohTGvDRwcBXHG_IvOHyvLRCpgahNGVclvas_sEVk3IYN58VcpPv0SsK1xDhwNiJ18DN4/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQswsjCpkiyWO2hv6RRGE7gh3yLaxu3IR0Boz311ejDIL6kIFkQ9wlwbwIUL5U2NM2L-p3IhDkohTGvDRwcBXHG_IvOHyvLRCpgahNGVclvas_sEVk3IYN58VcpPv0SsK1xDhwNiJ18DN4/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel attends at the annual Munich Security Conference February 1, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Lukas Barth</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hagel Unveils New Pentagon Leadership Team To Tackle Budget Woes -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled a new Pentagon leadership team on Friday that will guide the department through a critical period as it cuts hundreds of billions of dollars in defense spending while maintaining U.S. security commitments worldwide.<br /><br />Hagel, speaking at a Pentagon news conference, said the Defense Department was still facing big spending cuts despite a two-year budget deal by Congress in January that eased some of the financial pressure.<br /><br />"Will there be cuts across the board? Of course there will. You can't do it any other way. Are there going to be adjustments across the board? Of course," Hagel said.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-usa-defense-nominees-idUSBREA1620M20140207">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A New Team To Tackle The Pentagon's Budget</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/robert-work-nominated-to-be-pentagon-s-no-2-civilian-1.266252">Robert Work nominated to be Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian</a> -- Stars and Stripes<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-pentagon-deputy-robert-work-20140207,0,6038523.story#axzz2sMnRJJuA">Deputy Defense secretary nominated during 'very challenging time'</a> -- L.A. Times<br /><a href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/02/07/obama-nominates-robert-work-as-pentagons-no-2.html?comp=700001075741&rank=2">Obama Nominates Robert Work as Pentagon's No. 2 </a>-- Military.com<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hTFd7nxNOJ2hnaFD99kEb-Zzfjrw?docId=85cb74d8-ad84-4ca9-8162-af457a644de2">Robert Work nominated as Pentagon number two</a> -- AFP<br /><a href="http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140207/DEFREG02/302070026/Work-Officially-Nominated-Pentagon-s-No-2-Job">Work Officially Nominated for Pentagon's No. 2 Job</a> -- Defense News<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> This new team will have many challenges .... but they can start by making sure that <b><a href="http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/473294/hagel-recognizes-dod-agencies-for-audit-progress.aspx">this happens</a></b>.

A New Pentagon Leadership Team To Tackle It's Budget

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel attends at the annual Munich Security Conference February 1, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Lukas Barth Hagel Unve...

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