Sec. Gates: Isn't Half a Trillion for Defense Enough?

Friday, July 17, 2009 11:54 AM

By: Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service

CHICAGO -- Defense spending and program priorities cannot be divorced from the very real threats of today and the growing ones of tomorrow, the defense secretary told hundreds of members of the Economics Club of Chicago here today.

“We stand at a crossroads,â€