By Marina Malenic The Defense Department is likely to see further shrinkage of its weapons procurement accounts as the need to allocate more resources to educating and training military personnel grows in the coming years, a top general said yesterday. "I think you're going to see a significant shift," said Marine Gen. James Mattis. "Instead of just things we buy--radios, trucks, ships, airplanes--we are going to see a shift in resourcing and priorities to how can we better train people?"…
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