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Gates to Cut Major Military Command in Virginia, Officials Say
AP VIA FOX ^ | 08/09/10 | AP via FOX

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bhodod; bhosecdef; bobgates; defensespending; fifth100days; nationalsecurity; norfolk; odumbo; sixth100days; usnavy
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....ODUMBO at his worst
1 posted on 08/09/2010 9:36:34 AM PDT by Doogle
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To: Doogle

USFLTFORCOM? We don’t need no steenkin’ ‘lantic fleet.


2 posted on 08/09/2010 9:39:18 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Obama suffers from decision-deficit disorder." Oliver North 6/25/10)
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To: Doogle

Yeah, God forbit that we have any agency that encourages inter-service cooperation!


3 posted on 08/09/2010 9:39:27 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (RAT Hunting Season started the evening of March 21st, 2010!)
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To: Doogle

Joint Forces Command has always struggled to justify its existence. Most of its functions can be transferred to Northern Command without skipping a beat.


4 posted on 08/09/2010 9:40:30 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: Redleg Duke

note:...IT’S Gates fault


5 posted on 08/09/2010 9:40:30 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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The only gubmint spending that this bunch of bozos can cut is in the military! Bunch of dumbells!


6 posted on 08/09/2010 9:41:48 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (I will not be silenced.)
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To: Doogle

Joint Forces Command is where Odierno is headed in September. Wonder what is in his future?


7 posted on 08/09/2010 9:42:13 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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not no more


8 posted on 08/09/2010 9:43:22 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

The Kenyan Clown is determined to destroy our military.


9 posted on 08/09/2010 9:45:38 AM PDT by snowsislander (In this election year, please ask your candidates if they support repeal of the 1968 GCA.)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Who needs military spending when the enemy is American citizenry? All he needs is taxation and the police.


10 posted on 08/09/2010 9:45:43 AM PDT by Soothesayer (“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license...")
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To: centurion316

Agreed - JiffyCom will barely be missed.

Colonel, USAFR


11 posted on 08/09/2010 9:47:40 AM PDT by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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Many, many contractors jumping over to work for the Government now. It’s been going on for months.


12 posted on 08/09/2010 9:48:06 AM PDT by rhombus
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Your Hope has been redistributed. Here’s your Change.

All this to advance his Socialism agenda.


13 posted on 08/09/2010 9:58:30 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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>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.


14 posted on 08/09/2010 10:00:34 AM PDT by soycd
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I’m a contractor here. Thanks 0bama. More reason to hate your effing Kenyan muslim guts.


15 posted on 08/09/2010 10:01:57 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Doogle

AND WHERE IN THE **** ARE SENS. WEBB AND WARNER??????????????????????????????????????????????


16 posted on 08/09/2010 10:03:20 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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“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.


17 posted on 08/09/2010 10:06:10 AM PDT by billhilly
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To: ScottinVA

....a trillion dollars goes along way.....


18 posted on 08/09/2010 10:07:58 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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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.


19 posted on 08/09/2010 10:09:07 AM PDT by sunmars
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To: ScottinVA

Not to mention Rep. Nye. He is so gone in November, even if I have to hold my nose and vote for Rigell.


20 posted on 08/09/2010 10:09:13 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Anyone can fib. It takes an intellectual to tell a really big lie.)
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