Before he stepped down as America’s defence chief earlier this year, Robert Gates set out a plan to streamline the Pentagon’s bloated post-9/11 budget. Events may be about to make Mr Gates’ efficiencies look very modest. Last week’s failure by the super-committee to agree on a 10-year $1,200bn tightening in the US budget means the military faces automatic cuts of almost $600bn.
今年早些时候，罗伯特•盖茨(Robert Gates)在卸任美国国防部长之前制定了一套方案，精减9/11事件过后五角大楼膨胀的预算。但与最近的事态发展相比，盖茨提高效率的措施未免显得太小儿科了。上周，国会“超级委员会”未能就一项在十年内削减1.2万亿美元财政预算的方案达成一致，这意味着美国军方将面临近6000亿美元的强制减赤。
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