FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY Robert M. Gates, who retired last month, said in January that the Pentagon needed to cut $178 billion from the defense budget over the next five years.He may be gone, but the fiscal challenges remain.To reduce the budget by that amount will require consolidating redundant headquarters, reducing the number of generals and support personnel, and better utilizing available space at airfields.This would work best, of course, if capabilities could be protected.
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