WASHINGTON: Military leaders have offered to tie up ships, slash troop strength and ground warplanes to cut spending by about $10.8 billion to meet President Clinton’s budget demands, Pentagon sources said Monday, The recommendations, delivered to Defense Secretary Les Aspin at his request, include stopping the overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, which is currently in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, The cuts are to come from a $267.8 billion military budget that former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney envisioned for the fiscal year that begins on Oct 1.
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