Hagel: Protecting Emerging Space Capabilities a Priority

摘要

Investing in emerging space capabilities will be among the Pentagon's top budget and strategic focuses in the near future, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said during a Nov. 5 speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Global Security Forum.Hagel's comments come as the Defense Department struggles with the effects of the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration. Defense leaders have been revamping the Pentagon's long-term budget strategy, including through the department's Quadrennial Defense Review.