DOD Leaders: Budget Request Supports Adaptable Future Force

DOD Leaders: Budget Request Supports Adaptable Future Force

By Karen Parrish
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2012 – The Pentagon’s fiscal 2013 budget request follows the defense strategy in shaping an adaptable, rapidly deployable military force with key 21st-century capabilities, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told Congress today.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta answers questions about the Pentagon’s budget proposal as Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on during the leaders’ testimony before the House Armed Service Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley Related Entries Panetta, Dempsey: DOD Budget Request Reflects Tough Choices Pentagon Prepares for Budget Request Rollout Air Force Budget Request Reflects Changing Needs, Official Says Air Force Budget Official Outlines Fiscal 2014 Funding Request Recent Entries Homing Pigeons Respond to Time-Compensated Solar Cues Even in Sight of the Loft Applicability of Different Hydraulic Parameters to Describe Soil Detachment in Eroding Rills Characterization of the Relationship between APOBEC3B Deletion and ACE Alu Insertion Sea Otters Homogenize Mussel Beds and Reduce Habitat Provisioning in a Rocky Intertidal Ecosystem Quick Fantasy Baseball Streaming Options for 5/26/13 Featured Video Twitter Updates follow Elites TV on Twitter Elites TV • a KBC Media Company • Copyright © 2009 • All Rights Reserved • Editor: Chris Barrett • Fitness: Fit Lizzy • PR: PRserve