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Secretary Announces FY13 Budget Priorities

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief the press on major budget decisions stemming from the defense strategic guidance at the Pentagon, Jan. 26, 2012.

DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

Spending priorities in the fiscal 2013 defense budget request call for reductions in the end strength of the Army and Marine Corps, an increase in special operations forces and maintaining the number of big-deck carriers, said Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta during a Pentagon press briefing, Jan. 26, 2012.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta

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  • Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno briefs the press at the Pentagon, Jan. 27, 2012. Odierno discussed the impact of the Defense Department's strategic guidance on the Army. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno briefs the press at the Pentagon, Jan. 27, 2012. Odierno discussed the impact of the Defense Department's strategic guidance on the Army. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz briefs the press about Air Force strategic choices and budget priorities at the Pentagon, Jan. 27, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett
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  • President Barack Obama holds a press conference on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., Jan. 26, 2012, to praise the military's efforts as being leaders in energy conservation. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marcy Glass
  • U.S. Army Sgt. Christian Aleman helps an elder seeking medical treatment during a combat patrol in Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2012. Aleman is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan Steel. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson
  • U.S. Army Spc. Joe Kunsch performs medical checks on village children during a combat patrol in Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2012. Kunsch is a medic assigned to 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson
  • U.S. Marines conduct insertion exercises from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 19, 2012. The Marines are assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. The ship is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Gragg
  • Army Staff Sgts.Theodore Bird, right, and James Miller pull a winch to a mired mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 25, 2012. Bird and Miller are paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Air Force maintainers remove snow from a C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 12, 2012. The airmen are assigned to the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and the C-17 crew are assigned to the 3rd Wing. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cynthia Spalding
  • U.S. Navy Seaman James Lewis inspects ordnance on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 27, 2012. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Lewis is an aviation ordnanceman airman. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher K. Hwang

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