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Military Spared Belt-Tightening Budget
The Obama administration plans to unveil a defense budget this morning that pours billions into drones, helicopters and special forces, reflecting a focus on fighting Islamist extremists rather than conventional armies.
The Pentagon's spending priorities as well as its strategic vision --- which is also due to be unveiled this week --- are a product of the counter-insurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan that have severely stretched the military.
The proposed 2011 defense budget comes to more than $700 billion, a modest two percent increase, and unlike last year avoids sweeping cuts to major weapons programs, according to Pentagon officials and draft documents.
http://www.military.com/news/article...ml?ESRC=dod.nl
So Obama submitted a the Defense budget on Monday. I find it interesting in that it is an actual increase, but it is also transforming the military. It seems to focus more on unconventional warfare. I also find it interesting that the QDR is discarding the two and a half wars doctrine.
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