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DoD Strategy Review To Be Unveiled

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

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The Pentagon plans to unveil tomorrow findings of a months-long strategic review intended to identify $450 billion-plus in longterm budget cuts. The announcement, expected during a press conference with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, comes shortly after Congress and President Barack Obama approved the two fiscal year 2012 defense budget bills during the waning days of 2011. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters yesterday the soon-to-be-unveiled Pentagon plan recognizes “the strategy comes first, and the reductions...are driven by the strategy.” “They're…

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