Gates Receives Final Fy-10 Budget-change Options, Begins Endgame

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Senior Pentagon officials last week presented Defense Secretary Robert Gates a final batch of options for making changes to the military's weapon system procurement plans in fiscal year 2010, marking the beginning of the FY-10 budget endgame in which about $5 billion may be shaved from modernization accounts.rnPentagon officials involved in the budget review say Gates is expected to huddle with senior advisers in the coming days to determine what programs to cut, which to pare back and which to set aside for further scrutiny in the Quadrennial Defense Review this spring and summer.rn"Nobody knows exactly how quickly the actual decision-making process and announcements are going to be made," in the next few weeks, said a Pentagon official.