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Budget Press Briefing (Arlington, VA)
As Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Arlington, VA, Monday, April 06, 2009

Today, I am announcing the key decisions I will recommend to the president with respect to the fiscal year 2010 defense budget. The president agreed to this unorthodox approach – announcing the department’s request before the White House submits a budget to the Congress – because of the scope and significance of the changes. In addition, the president and I believe that the American people deserve to learn of these recommendations fully and in context, as the proposed changes are interconnected and cannot be properly communicated or understood in isolation from one another. Collectively, they represent a budget crafted to reshape the priorities of America’s defense establishment. If approved, these recommendations will profoundly reform how this department does business.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/04/dod-speech-090406.htm

as I just got off work have not got to read this all yet, but felt it could be of value here.

<blockquote data-quote="pocketfullofshells" data-source="post: 92153" data-attributes="member: 730">Budget Press Briefing (Arlington, VA)As Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Arlington, VA, Monday, April 06, 2009Today, I am announcing the key decisions I will recommend to the president with respect to the fiscal year 2010 defense budget. The president agreed to this unorthodox approach – announcing the department’s request before the White House submits a budget to the Congress – because of the scope and significance of the changes. In addition, the president and I believe that the American people deserve to learn of these recommendations fully and in context, as the proposed changes are interconnected and cannot be properly communicated or understood in isolation from one another. Collectively, they represent a budget crafted to reshape the priorities of America’s defense establishment. If approved, these recommendations will profoundly reform how this department does business.<a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/04/dod-speech-090406.htm" target="_blank">http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/04/dod-speech-090406.htm</a>as I just got off work have not got to read this all yet, but felt it could be of value here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pocketfullofshells, post: 92153, member: 730"] Budget Press Briefing (Arlington, VA) As Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Arlington, VA, Monday, April 06, 2009 Today, I am announcing the key decisions I will recommend to the president with respect to the fiscal year 2010 defense budget. The president agreed to this unorthodox approach – announcing the department’s request before the White House submits a budget to the Congress – because of the scope and significance of the changes. In addition, the president and I believe that the American people deserve to learn of these recommendations fully and in context, as the proposed changes are interconnected and cannot be properly communicated or understood in isolation from one another. Collectively, they represent a budget crafted to reshape the priorities of America’s defense establishment. If approved, these recommendations will profoundly reform how this department does business. [url]http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/04/dod-speech-090406.htm[/url] as I just got off work have not got to read this all yet, but felt it could be of value here. [/QUOTE]

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