ALL THE THREATS AGAINST AMERICA, THIS WILL LEAVE US PRETTY VULNERABLE

Pentagon Set to Slash Military to Pre-World War II Levels

    Per Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel

Reuters, file 10 hours

By  Tracy Connor and Jim Miklaszewski

Firing the opening salvo in a bloody budget battle, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel recommended drastic cuts of billions of dollars that would take American military forces to its lowest level since before World War II.

The cuts in military spending, forces and weapons programs address the stark reality of growing budget pressures at home while pointing to the improbability that the United States will engage in a large ground war.

“As we end our combat mission in Afghanistan, this will be the first budget to fully reflect the transition [the Defense Department] is making after 13 years of war,” Hagel said in the Pentagon briefing room.

The reductions will come at a price, he said              .READ STORY