
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the panel will have to “look harder” at more legacy weapon system cuts facing likely flat budgets in the coming years, while dismissing the likelihood for an across the board 10 percent reduction in defense spending proposed by progressive lawmakers. “My guess, though, and it’s no surprise, is we won’t be looking at the same percentage increases as we saw in the last few years,” Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) told reporters…