Panetta nomination signals major US defence cuts
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- Key qualifications as Obama's executor of defence budget cuts
- Familiarity with Capitol Hill
- Former White House budget director
- Skilled high-level manager
- Review of defence roles and missions -- a prelude to cuts
- Programmes in jeopardy
- F-35 unit reduction
- Size of the navy
- Prosecuting current conflicts
- Personnel continuity within the Pentagon
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