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Budget

Hagel Outlines 6 Priorities to Guide Budget Cuts, DoD Reform Efforts

Mai Hanoon

Wednesday, November 6th, 2013

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Steep budget cuts may create many challenges for the Defense Department, but they also highlight areas for reform that the Department would be remiss not to act on, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday morning, outlining six principles to guide spending and reform as the department moves forward. Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Global Security Forum 2013, Hagel said that resources and priorities needed to be better aligned to be as efficient as possible in a…

Army

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Congress

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Army

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Congress

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