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BBC News - Gates cutting Pentagon budget by $78bn over five years
Meanwhile, at the House Armed Services Committee:
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has announced a $78bn (£50.3bn) military budget cut, including a move to scrap a $13bn plan for amphibious vehicles.
The cuts are part of a five-year spending plan for the Defence Department and go beyond the $100bn in internal savings already announced.
Mr Gates has been sceptical about whether large military vehicles, like tanks and EFVs, will continue to be crucial military instruments as engagement in modern warfare changes. The cuts come in addition to $100bn in cuts by 2016, which Mr Gates has said should be reinvested in modernising weapon systems.
He said he wanted to end the post-9/11 Pentagon's "culture of endless money where cost was rarely a consideration"
Meanwhile, at the House Armed Services Committee:
"I'm not happy," House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard McKeon told reporters. He said the cuts were greater than defence companies had been expecting.