Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel declared yesterday that the Pentagon cannot avoid making significant changes to its weapons purchasing as it revises its military strategy because of budget cuts. During his first major policy speech as the head of the Defense Department, Hagel said at the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington that Pentagon leaders “need to challenge all past assumptions, and we need to put everything on the table” during the ongoing Strategic Choices and Management Review. Hagel, a Vietnam…
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