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Action in Congress

机译:国会行动

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As he prepares to take over the helm of a Pentagon facing the threat of deep budget cuts, Ashton B. Carter brings with him a proven track record on Capitol Hill. The Pentagon veteran walked onto the job as the department's chief weapons buyer in late April 2009 just weeks after then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced plans to gut many of the military's biggest and most expensive acquisition programs. Before Carter had time to get acclimated to life as the Defense Department's No. 3 civilian, he had his first big assignment: Serve as Gates' lieutenant in selling cuts to Congress. Lawmakers are reflexively resistant to eliminating weapons programs, particularly ones that bring jobs and money to their states and districts. But Carter and Gates succeeded, ultimately pushing through the vast majority of cuts in Gates' budget proposals, including ending production of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet, terminating the second engine for the F-35 strike fighter, and killing the most expensive and ambitious Army modernization program in history.
机译:当他准备接管五角大楼面临严重削减预算的威胁时,阿什顿·B·卡特(Ashton B. Carter)带来了在国会山的可靠记录。在当时的国防部长罗伯特·盖茨(Robert M. Gates)宣布计划取消许多军方最大,最昂贵的采购计划后几周,五角大楼的退伍军人于2009年4月下旬担任国防部首席武器采购员。在卡特(Carter)有时间适应国防部第三平民的生活之前,他有他的第一个重要任务:担任盖茨(Gates)向国会出售裁员的中尉。议员们反身抵制消除武器计划,特别是那些为其州和地区带来工作和金钱的计划。但是卡特和盖茨获得了成功,最终推动了盖茨预算提案的绝大部分削减,包括终止F-22 Raptor隐形战斗机的生产,终止F-35打击战斗机的第二台发动机,并杀死了最昂贵的历史上雄心勃勃的陆军现代化计划。

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    《Air Force Magazine》 |2015年第2期|14-14|共1页
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    Megan Scully;

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