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Gates Prepares Pentagon For Leaner Times

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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The conclusion of the war in Iraq and the United States' lingering economic difficulties will soon spell an end to the Pentagon's spending frenzy of the past decade, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned last week. Speaking at the Eisenhower Library in Kansas on May 8, Gates warned that the massive increase in defense spending in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is coming to a close. "Given America's difficult economic circumstances and fiscal condition, military…

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