GATES ISSUES INTERNAL GUIDANCE TO IMPLEMENT BIG BUDGET MOVES

摘要

Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued internal guidance yesterday that implements his sweeping changes to the department's fiscal year 2010 budget request, a key step in preparing the formal plan due to Congress next month.rnGates unveiled many changes at a press conference on Monday, including plans to complete the F-22 program and conduct a major restructuring of the Army's Future Combat Systems. The internal guidance - known as the resource management decision (RMD) - codifies his revisions to the FY-10 spending plan developed by the previous administration.