will guide the more specific budget decisions that will be finalized and announced in the coming weeks as part of the president s budget. in some cases we will be reducing capabilities that we believe no longer with a top priority. but in other cases, we will invest in new capabilities to maintain a decisive military edge against agrowing array of threats. there s no question that we have to make some tradeoffs and that we will be taking, as a result of that, m level of additional but acceptable risk in the budget plan that we release next month. these are not easy choices. we will continue aggressive efforts to weed out waste, reduce overhead, to reform
reserve components. it means maintaining a strong national guard and reserve. it means retaining a healthy cadre of experienced ncos and midgrade officers. and preserving the health and viability of the nation s defense industrial base. the strategic guidance that we are providing is the first step in this department s goal to build the joint force of 2020, a force sized and shaped differently than the military of the cold war, the postcold war force of the 1990s or the force that was built over the past decade to engage in large-scale ground wars. this strategy and vision will guide the more specific budget decisions that will be finalized
power. it will allow the pentagon to slash hundreds of billions of dollars from the budget. rick santorum heads to new hampshire primary with a million dollar boost from iowa. source close to the campaign says that santorum raised more than $1 million after finishing second in the iowa caucuses. santorum, he is attending a faith, family and freedom town hall meeting in northfield, new hampshire. that is happening this hour. he s trying to position himself as the main conservative challenger to mitt romney. let s go to the white house. i understand the president is there at the podium to make the announcement. good morning, everybody. the united states of america is the greatest force for freedom and security that the world has ever known, and in no small measure that s because we ve built the best trained, led, equipped mill tear ray in history. as commander in chief, i m going to keep it that way. indeed, all of us on this stage, every single one of us, have a profound
out of the court. she could barely walk. afterwards she was reunited with her family and drove away to an undisclosed location, we believe it was a villa somewhere close to rome. since then making her way back home to her hometown of seattle where she can pick up the pieces of her shattered life. she was photographed in rome s airport. we don t what plane she got on, but flying back to seattle via london, that has not been confirmed to us. just agency reports saying that. clearly, she s doing everything she can to get back to the states as soon as possible. martin? matthew, despite all the excitement over her departure, it is still possible that prosecutors can appeal this and they have said they plan to do so, right? well, not just possible, but it s likely that they ll do that. in fact, they said they will do it. the prosecutors are going to go to the supreme court of italy to get the judges there to review the findings of this appeal court. what that will mean, theoret
higher prices and worse service. job losses factored into the decision. the takeover could lead to 20,000 jobs cut. wow. the boston globe, mitt romney bracing the tea party. he s going to stand under a tea party banner in new hampshire. he adjusted his schedule. governor rick perry is scheduled to be at the same event. okay. washington post has a retirement ceremony, general david petraeus warned the leaders faced with budget decisions should not cut the budget too deeply in the years ahead. as our nation contemplates budget decisions i know our leaders will remember our people, our men and women in