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One of this morning's most talked-about headlines comes from The New York Times:
"Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level."
According to the Times, when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday briefs Congress about the military's spending plans, the budget will include "plans to shrink the United States Army to its smallest force since before the World War II buildup and eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets."
"Under Mr. Hagel's proposals," the Times says, "the Army would drop over the coming years to between 440,000 and 450,000. That would be the smallest United States Army since 1940."
Those proposals are sure to spark opposition from lawmakers, the Times notes.