Pentagon Struggles With High Cost Of Health Care | Associated Press
By DONNA CASSATA WASHINGTON — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program –…
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Secretary Hagel faces uphill fight in trimming Pentagon’s budget | The Hill’s DEFCON Hill
By Jeremy Herb Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel faces an uphill battle in tackling the military’s budget problems. In his first month as Defense secretary, Hagel has called for a review…
Hagel: A Secretary of Defense Reforms? | POGO Blog
By Ben Freeman Chuck Hagel came out swinging Wednesday in his first major address as Secretary of Defense, putting the bloated Pentagon on notice. Hagel bemoaned that since 9/11 the…
SecDef Hagel Speech Lays Groundwork for Reform | Cato @ Liberty
By CHRISTOPHER A. PREBLE Chuck Hagel’s first major speech as secretary of defense is receiving the sort of attention that one would expect. But the real news will be made…
Hagel Channels Eisenhower | Foreign Policy
Can the new SecDef actually rein in the military-industrial complex? BY GORDON ADAMS It was a New Yorker cartoon, I think, that showed two generals walking in front of the…