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Pentagon clings to costly lifestyle

Journal Article · · Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (United States)
OSTI ID:6919607
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell worked for more than half a year on a plan to save money by reducing duplication in the armed services. A few days before Powell released his report, Defense Secretary Les Aspin told the services to reduce the leftover Bush Defense budget by about $11 billion. Reporters outcried that President Clinton had ordered the budget slashed. The Pentagon's budget is expected to shrink from $274 billion in 1993 to $264 billion in 1994. The end result is that the reductions advocated by the Bush and Clinton administrations are essentially indistinguishable.
OSTI ID:
6919607
Journal Information:
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (United States), Journal Name: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (United States) Vol. 49:3; ISSN BASIAP; ISSN 0096-5243
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English