Hagel: ‘Everything On The Table’ (Pentagon Budget)

[Purveyor]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s call last week to overhaul the military structure focused on three primary Pentagon cost drivers: acquisition, personnel and overhead.

“I would say amen, alleluia, because [Hagel] has zeroed in on the bull’s-eye on the three areas that need to be looked at the hardest and reformed the most,” said Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine Corps major general, now a consultant member of the Defense Business Board.

These areas identified by Hagel, who has been Defense secretary for a little more than a month, have received more attention of late, particularly as the Pentagon’s budget faces a $500 billion cut from planned levels over the next decade.

Experts say the Pentagon should have been considering these types of changes even when budgets were increasing, but the current decline in federal spending now could drive major DoD reforms, even those unpopular with Congress.

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http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20130408/DEPARTMENTS01/304080001/Hagel-8216-Everything-table-8217-

[Kolesar]

1. Despite shrinking in size dramatically during the 1990s following the end of the Cold War,...

... the military has not adapted, as large commands led by three- and four-star generals and elaborate support structures have remained intact.
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Lots to talk about. When will they criticize the congressmen who are the whores to Boeing and Lockheed?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. The MIC and Pentagon are the real "Third Rails" for politicians.