September 8, 2010, 12:39 PM ET

Retired General Lobs Bomb at Military Benefits

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By Nathan Hodge

Earlier this year, retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro chaired a panel that helped pave the way for a series of cost-cutting measures at the Pentagon, including efforts to cut overhead and dependence on outside contractors. Now he’s taking aim at something more sacrosanct: Compensation for service members, military retirees and their families.

In a speech this morning at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Punaro said the Department of Defense had become wedded to “GM-style fringe benefitsâ€