Pentagon advisory board recommends axing Joint Forces Command - dailypress.com: "A Pentagon advisory board is recommending that the Defense Department eliminate the Norfolk-based Joint Forces Command as part of a plan to significantly cut defense spending.
The Defense Business Board, the Pentagon's independent board of advisers, made the preliminary recommendation yesterday in a presentation at the Pentagon, according to a transcript.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked the board to find ways to reduce the department's overhead costs, which are expected to be about $200 billion this year — greater than the gross domestic product of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, according to the board."
