Defense Cuts

MILITARY: Marine Corps may lose 27,000 troops under Pentagon cuts

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 6, 2012

The Marine Corps will shrink from about 202,000 troops to as few as 175,000 under an estimated $1 trillion in Defense Department budget cuts set to take place over the next decade.

The service has been working for months on a plan to cut its force to 186,000 troops by the end of 2014, but that number could fall even more under a strategy to absorb the cuts unveiled Thursday by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the Obama administration.

In recent weeks, the Marine Corps has begun offering plans for early retirements and reducing the number of positions in certain job categor

Rep. Allen West: Defense strategy signals weakness

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 5, 2012

 

President Obama's new defense strategy amounts to an "appeasement" and a sign of weakness to America's foes, local Republicans in Congress said Thursday.

Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta laid out a plan developed after a "comprehensive defense review" to trim the nation's military commitments abroad and develop a "leaner" fighting machine.

Republicans seized on the plan as evidence that the United States is less safe under the Obama administration.

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AIVC Founder OP ED In NY Daily News

By Kieran Lalor, on Jan 4, 2012

Lalor Stands Up For NY Defense Workers

Our elected representatives talk about the need for jobs, yet few have spoken up to protect New York’s defense workers from the chopping block.