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Panetta: Strategic Review Coming In Weeks

Julie Samuel

Monday, November 14th, 2011

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called on Feb. 10 for the Pentagon to unite behind a strategic review intended to determine where $450 billion in budget cuts will be made, which he said should be completed in the “coming weeks.” Panetta said the review must be a “team effort” at a Pentagon press conference, when he also reiterated his call for lawmakers to reach a budget deal that spares the Defense Department at least $500 billion in additional longterm reductions. The strategic review is meant…

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