A Monday confab at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington brought together a mix of former defense officials, beltway-famous defense hawks and budget deficit scolds to air a shared view: across the board cuts to defense programs set to kick in early next year are a terrible way to reduce the deficit, which must be reduced, but in some other way.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=95381