Hagel Wants to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget—but Will His Cuts Be Enough? | The Nation

Hagel Wants to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget—but Will His Cuts Be Enough? | The Nation: 



For a long time now, it’s been obvious that the United States can’t sustain the bloated military budget that it supports now, and with the war in Iraq over and the one in Afghanistan nearly done—at least from the standpoint of direct US involvement with ground forces—Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel yesterday outlined a preview of how the Obama administration will approach defense spending over the next several years.