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Gates Details Contractor, Billet Cuts In ‘Efficiencies’ Drive

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Friday, March 18th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Robert Gates has laid out more details on the $100 billion in internal Pentagon cost-savings he first outlined last year. In a March 14 memo, Gates calls for the elimination of 140 general officer positions, or billets, as well as over 1,000 contractor jobs. U.S. Army Europe and the department's newly created Cyber Command will see the largest billet reductions. The Missile Defense Agency will lose approximately 1,000 outside contractors, while nearly 400 such positions…

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