Military spending
After six years of using military technology accounts as a bill-payer for other things, the Obama Administration has discovered that America’s enemies are catching up. Senior Pentagon leaders are expressing alarm at how rapidly the joint force’s lead in warfighting technology is eroding. They have launched a Defense Innovation Initiative that, to quote deputy defense secretary Robert Work, “will sharpen our military edge even as we have to contend with fewer resources” — partly by making greater use of commercial breakthroughs.
After six years of using military technology accounts as a bill-payer for other things, the Obama Administration has discovered that America’s enemies are catching up. Senior Pentagon leaders are expressing alarm at how rapidly the joint force’s lead in warfighting technology is eroding. They have launched a Defense Innovation Initiative that, to quote deputy defense secretary Robert Work, “will sharpen our military edge even as we have to contend with fewer resources” — partly by making greater use of commercial breakthroughs. 
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