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CSBA: No Big Weapon-System Cuts Coming In DoD’s FY ’11 Budget, QDR

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Defense analysts said yesterday they do not expect the Pentagon to propose major weapon-system cuts in the fiscal year 2011 budget request and Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) report next Monday. Jim Thomas, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments' (CSBA) vice president for strategic studies, told reporters he does not foresee the Defense Department trying to cancel a wide array of weapons programs as it did last April for the FY '10 budget. "What we are probably…

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