Posted on 08/09/2010 9:36:32 AM PDT by Doogle
WASHINGTON -- 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.
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USFLTFORCOM? We don’t need no steenkin’ ‘lantic fleet.
Yeah, God forbit that we have any agency that encourages inter-service cooperation!
Joint Forces Command has always struggled to justify its existence. Most of its functions can be transferred to Northern Command without skipping a beat.
note:...IT’S Gates fault
The only gubmint spending that this bunch of bozos can cut is in the military! Bunch of dumbells!
Joint Forces Command is where Odierno is headed in September. Wonder what is in his future?
not no more
The Kenyan Clown is determined to destroy our military.
Who needs military spending when the enemy is American citizenry? All he needs is taxation and the police.
Agreed - JiffyCom will barely be missed.
Colonel, USAFR
Many, many contractors jumping over to work for the Government now. It’s been going on for months.
Your Hope has been redistributed. Here’s your Change.
All this to advance his Socialism agenda.
>Congress turns its attention more to domestic priorities.
Just what we don’t need...more of our taxes spent on lazy welfare scumbags and leftist programs
to shore up their base of worthless human flesh. The best thing congress
could do would be to stay on vacation.
I’m a contractor here. Thanks 0bama. More reason to hate your effing Kenyan muslim guts.
“The only gubmint spending that this bunch of bozos can cut is in the military! Bunch of dumbells!”
As one who spent many years in the military I can assure you that the military is just as adept at overspending as any other government entity. In fact, I suspect that finding an entity that does not overspend would match the hunt for the needle in the haystack.
....a trillion dollars goes along way.....
There you go Virginia, thanks for your dumb vote for Obama in 08. Here’s the payback for daring to vote in a staunch republican Gov, Barry didnt like that snub.
Not to mention Rep. Nye. He is so gone in November, even if I have to hold my nose and vote for Rigell.
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