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Draft Defense Department budget avoids weapons cuts, adds aircraft

January 30th, 2010
Categories: News, War, Politics

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/29/AR2010012904235_pf.html

The Obama administration's 2011 defense budget avoids the controversial weapons cuts of last year, according to a draft copy, and continues to shift modest amounts of money to weapons programs such as helicopters, unmanned planes and Special Operations units that are in heavy use Afghanistan and Iraq.

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