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Cyber

Maritime Partnerships Could Be Impacted By Fiscal Pressures, CNO Says

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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

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By Geoff Fein Fiscal pressures on military budgets around the world have the potential to impact advances made in global maritime partnerships if all the parties don't take on some difficult questions, according to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). "Here in the U.S. we must juxtapose the reality of compressed defense budgets against a growing demand for military and especially naval power to maintain world order," Adm. Gary Roughead told attendees yesterday at the Mast Americas Maritime Systems and…

Army

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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