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...Pentagon's 2009 budget request is the highest--after accounting for inflation--since WW II. But because of U.S. economic growth, military spending as a share of the national pie is smaller than in prior conflicts. [The following descriptive text appears within a diagram...
...firefight has broken out over the size of the Pentagon's 2009 budget request. Defense Secretary Robert Gates argues that his $515.4 billion budget - 3.4% of the nation's gross domestic product - is a bargain by historic standards. "To give you some basis of comparison in terms of the last times we were at war," he explained, "during the Korean War the percentage of GDP going to defense was about 14%, and during Vietnam it was about 9%." But critics, using a different yardstick, found the Pentagon's request historically high. The New York Times editorial page said Tuesday that...
...Just three days before the Pentagon released its budget request, the Government Accountability Office released a study into how the military buys such weapons. It did not contain good news. "The cost of designing and developing these systems could continue to exceed estimates by billions of dollars if DOD continues to employ the same acquisition practices, including those for quality, as it has in the past," it said. "Excessive scrap, rework, and repair costs, as well as reliability problems impact overall quality and could ultimately present serious consequences on a weapon system's long-term support costs and affordability...
...spokesman Robert Mitchell did not respond to a request for comment last night...
...Andrew M. Cuomo—who is spearheading the investigation—charges that these deals often raise the prices for students who participate. At this point, however, it is not the legality of the kickbacks that is our primary concern, but rather, the wellbeing of students. Our chief request is that the OIP make its transactions and dealings with study abroad companies obvious and transparent to students who utilize the office’s services. When forming their study abroad plans, students should be confident that the OIP’s primary concern is the quality of students?...