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Is cutting before others call for major defense reductions. >> its important that we not repeat the mistakes of the past. where tough economic times or the winding down of the military campaign leads to steep and unwise reductions in defense. >> so the defense chief ordering a 10% cut in contractors for each of the next ten years getting rid of 50 senior military and 150 top civilian positions and eliminating a military command. at the white house, gates is receiving praise for his efforts. >> t...

Of jobs in the state. gates outlining the cuts yesterday, said the move to eliminate major military command in norfolk would save billions of dollars. >> i expect this effort to recommend cutting at least 50 general officer positions and 150 senior and civilian executive positions over the next two years. juliet: mike emanuel is at the pentagon. how was the announcement received by virginia elected officials. >> juliet a lot of people like the idea of fiscal responsibility until it affects your ...

So, chris -- >> break out the bermuda shorts. >> what do we got going on? >> a lot going on. in an effort to rein in $100 billion in spending over the next five years defense secretary robert gates announced major budget cuts for the pentagon yesterday, they include closing a military command, restricting the use of contractors, and slashing the number of generals and admirals across the armed forces. the cuts could mean a loss of up to 3,000 jobs. yesterday, secretary gates says its a sign the ...

Im milissa rehberger. heres whats happening. defense secretary robert gates is running into stiff opposition from virginia lawmakers after announcing plans to shut down a military command that employs about 5,000 people. police have recaptured another of the three inmates who escaped last week. a third and his accomplice are zil on the lam. the fbi has launch add investigation into the killings of ten aid workersed you clg six americans in afghanistan last week. israel is threatening to pull...

Directly in dod, but bradley manage is accused of mishandling classified information, thats a serious criminal offense in the u.s. military, not a political one. he was in baghdad at the time he allegedly downloaded or mishandled this classified material. and in the military, it is the responsibility of that individuals command to prosecute anyone who faces criminal charges. his military command currently remains in iraq. so when its time for him to be, if he is, court-martialed, he would go to ...

New signs today north korea could become more of a threat to the united states as new information emerges about what might have happened during that deadly attack on a south korean war ship. our pentagon correspondent is monitoring these developments for us. what are you finding out? >> reporter: wolf, just today a group of colonels from the united nations military command confronted the north about this subject meeting with north korean army officials right there on the border. they said that s...

Meanwhile, the secretary of state, hillary clinton, she is in poland announcing a major donation, $50 million, to help preserve one of the morneau torus concentration camps in money. the money will go towards holocaust education, remembrance, and research. more than 1 million people parished during world war stwo. congress still has to approve that donation. >> boots now firmly planted on the grown. the change of military command is complete. david petraeus replacing stanley mcchrystal. our atee...

Little room for them to operate, theyre crowded out by the military? >> there are more people in the army band than there are foreign service officers. you can fit all the foreign service officers, members of the state department, on one aircraft carrier. i mean the structural deficiencies between what the dod has and state department has is huge. what that means is that you need to streamline the diplomatic command the same way they have the military command. general petraeus is going to be the...

Specifically with embassador holbrook and ikenberry. >> is that the part of the diplomats? or because theres so little room for them to operate? theyre crowded out by the military? >> look, there are more -- people in the army banned than there are foreign services officers. you can fit all of the foreign service officers the members of the state department on oner cra aircraft carrier. so what that means is you need to streamline the diplomatic command in the same way weve streamlined the milit...

Holbrook, too. theyve got to work with the afghan government and the military command. now both of those relationships are strained. i do think, however, where i differ with bill is i think he has the president must completely and explicitly repudiate the july 2011 deadline. the problem is that we sit here in washington and talk about the nuances of his language, as long as that deadline is out there, the pakinstanis and the afghans hear its a deadline, that hes not all in, that were not in unti...