Military Branches Try To Deflect Budget Cuts

by Rachel Martin, NPR

A Congressional panel has roughly three months to come up with a plan to cut the deficit. The Pentagon is likely to get hit with hundreds of billions of dollars in additional budget cuts. Each branch of the military knows the cuts are coming — so they are trying publicly, and privately, to minimize the damage to their bottom lines.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, August 25, 2011