Authors: Gordon Adams, Henry L. Stimson Center, and Matthew Leatherman
January/February 2011
Foreign Affairs
Pentagon budgets have soared over the last decade, partly because of a failure to prioritize. In the coming age of austerity, major cuts are imperative -- and if done right, they will not harm U.S. interests.
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