UNITED STATES: Defence spending faces fiscal pressure

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

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Policy dilemma
Fiscal straightjacket
National security positioning
Operational pressures
Iraq and Afghanistan
'Supplemental funds'
Funding revision?
Decisions deferred
Legacy programme dilemma
Coddling Congress
Increasing fiscal pressure
New spending priorities
R&D spending
Shifting priorities
Programmes at risk
Air Force
Navy
Army and Marines

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