The Chairman of the BRAC commission, Anthony Principi, said Monday that he does not agree with the Pentagon estimate of savings for closing Ellsworth AFB, S.D. In fact, Principi said in an interview to be aired tonight on C-SPAN that the movement of Ellsworth’s B-1B bombers to Dyess AFB, Tex., “costs you money.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth vowed to undertake far-reaching reforms on the way the U.S. military buys weapons, promising a sweeping overhaul of the way the Defense Department determines requirements, handles the acquisition process, and tests its kit. The fundamental goal, which Hegseth underscored in a 1-hour and 10-minute speech…
