Military retiree vs active duty interests in budget debate

"...Military personnel costs for retirees versus active-duty service members are among the “most politically sensitive” competing interests within the fiscal 2013 Defense Department budget process, according to a new analysis from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments..."

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McKeon opposes potential BRAC request

"...Rep. Buck McKeon, Republican chair of the House Armed Services Committee, did not mince words when asked what he would do to a Pentagon request for domestic base closures.
"Kill it," he told an audience Wednesday at a conference of the Reserve Officers Association. "That's going to be our approach."..."

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Pentagon to request 2 new rounds of BRAC

"...Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to request, as early as Thursday, two new rounds of military base closures in the United States as part of the Pentagon budget-cutting process, according to defense sources.

Panetta is scheduled to brief reporters at 2 p.m. EST Thursday on how the Defense Department will begin cutting $487 billion from projected spending over the next 10 years to meet the initial spending caps in the Budget Control Act..."

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