WPR's The New Rules: U.S. Defense Cuts a Step in the Right Direction

Monday, January 10, 2011 at 9:44AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in China, India, Iran, Koreas, Middle East, Obama Administration, Russia, Turkey, US Military, WPR Column

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates unveiled his much-anticipated budget cuts last Thursday, signaling the beginning of the end of the decade-long splurge in military spending triggered by Sept. 11. Gates presented the package of cuts as being the biggest possible given the current international security landscape, warning that any deeper reductions could prove "potentially calamitous." Frankly, I find that statement hard to swallow.

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