We announced these changes than the secretary of defense, general dempsey said it will result in better aligning our structures and resources with dod Strategic Interests and priorities. And earlier this year we directed the management review in that review developed options to help the dod plan for a range of future budget scenarios, including the persistence of sequester lover untracked level cuts. And as all of you know, these threats, and less changed, will represent a 500 billiondollar reduction over the next 10 years, and that is in addition with a 480 billion spending cut that the dod has are implemented. Included in the strategic choice of management review is a comprehensive look that all savings that could be achieved by reducing overhead throughout the department and streamlining organizations, including osd and the joint staff. As you may recall, i announced this summer that dod would reduce headquarters operating budgets for 20 represent over the next five years and these
Troy is famous as the Collar City and ironmaking. But that wasn’t the only industry that made a mark on the American frontier. How about barb wire?The importance of barb wire was instrumental in taming the Midwest, especially those lands that were vast expanses of open prairie. With no trees, no fences, or stones to […]
BENNINGTON The Bennington Free Library has concluded its series of STEAM workshops for youth, a program created and run in cooperation with the Bennington County 4-H Foundation and the