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Pentagon Has Saved $5 Billion From Fourth Estate Review Process, Esper Says

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Pentagon Has Saved $5 Billion From Fourth Estate Review Process, Esper Says
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

The Pentagon’s ongoing review of its Fourth Estate agencies has resulted in $5 billion of cost savings, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday, with plans to continue the department-wide reform process in 2020. Esper told attendees at the Reagan National Defense Form in California the Pentagon will call on Congress to support the wide swath of program cuts to reinforce the department’s plan to shift funds away from legacy programs toward higher-priority modernization efforts. “By decreasing overhead, divesting legacy…

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