Even as the Pentagon's proposed fiscal 2012 budget outlines a new era of austerity that pales in comparison to the robust growth rates of the last decade, concern is building around deeper, de facto cuts that would result from Congress's inability to appropriate new funds for the current fiscal year. "I want to make clear that we face a crisis on our doorstep if the Department of Defense ends up with a year-long continuing resolution or a significant funding cut for fiscal 2011," Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared last week.
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