Citing the most difficult fiscal environment he's seen in 30 years, the powerful chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee Jack Murtha (D - Pa.) said make no mistake about it, "there is going to be less defense spending." As for the emergency wartime supplemental appropriation bills, Murtha said: they "gotta go." Murtha said the military's personnel costs, running at $153 billion this year, are getting out of control. The Pentagon cannot increase both the end strength of the ground forces and procurement spending at the same time. "We've got to slow down the personnel increases,"

Once again Jack Murtha is showing his..... lack of intelligence. Why doesn't the government slow their spending on wooden arrows and bailouts for auto-makers and banks? What is more important? Really?

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