27/02/2014 |

Secretary Hagel’s Cuts Don’t Translate into Less Spending

February 27, 2014 by IPB

From Mattea Kramer at the National Priorities Project

“Yesterday Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave a major speech at the Pentagon, and a bold headline ran in The New York Times announcing that the Pentagon would shrink the Army to pre-World War II levels. While the speech did announce cutbacks in a number of military programs, the Pentagon isn’t planning any major reductions in spending any time soon.”

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Source: National Priorities: Budget Matters Blog