It’s no surprise that CSBA, CSIS, AEI and CNAS all agreed to cut the Army’s end strength as part of their budget drill. There seems to be fairly broad consensus on that point in Washington (outside of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno’s office). But some of the teams’ other choices, which were unveiled yesterday at a well-attended event on Capitol Hill, were more surprising.
The other losers include, “Defense Department civilian employees and contractors, near-term readiness funding, non-stealthy fighter jets, aircraft carriers and domestic military bases,” reports POLITICO’S Austin Wright.