From
Politico this morning:
HAGEL, THE BUDGET BOOGEYMAN? The frontrunner to succeed Leon Panetta as Defense secretary has insiders on edge: Is the former GOP senator a budget hardliner? In a statement now reverberating throughout the Beltway, Hagel said last year that "in many ways, I think the Pentagon needs to be pared down." He has also faulted Democrats and Republicans alike for rejecting the Bowles-Simpson plan, which would have ended some of the Pentagon's dearest big-ticket items: the V-22 Osprey, the F-35B Lightning II, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and the Ground Combat Vehicle.
Nothing definitive, but nonetheless interesting. Potential for some "interesting" MB staff work in early 2013....
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