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Gates Unveils Details of Massive DoD Cost-Cutting Initiative

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Friday, January 7th, 2011

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By Carlo Munoz Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday unveiled details of a Pentagon-wide restructuring effort designed to slash $100 billion in bureaucratic overhead costs and put DoD in a position to deal with an increasingly difficult budget environment. Details of the plan focused on the consolidation and outright cancellation of a number of Pentagon programs and directorates, along with associated personnel, deemed redundant or simply unnecessary within the department structure. One area within the department Gates took particular aim at…

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