NATO 3.0
At the Lisbon NATO Summit, the US-European alliance made an open ended commitment to Afghanistan. NATO 3.0 has the details.
"Pentagon chief Robert Gates on Wednesday warned that major cuts to US defense spending planned by President Barack Obama would require scaling back military forces, missions and capabilities.
The Pentagon's stern response came after Obama unveiled a deficit-reduction plan that includes a proposed cut of $400 billion in security spending by 2023.
Although the defense secretary believed the Pentagon could not be 'exempt' from efforts to reduce the rising deficit, deep cuts in military spending in coming years would require difficult choices and could not be merely a 'budget math exercise,' Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said."
