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Pentagon spending under seige

A photo released by <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL00216" title="The Pentagon" href="/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/defense/the-pentagon-PLCUL00216.topic">the Pentagon</a> in 1992 shows the U-2. The fleet of 33 spycraft was supposed to be replaced in the next few years with RQ-4 Global Hawks, the high-tech drones that have been part of the Air Force since 2001. But this week the Pentagon proposed delaying the U-2's retirement as part of Defense Department cutbacks.
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( Department of Defense via Associated Press )

A photo released by the Pentagon in 1992 shows the U-2. The fleet of 33 spycraft was supposed to be replaced in the next few years with RQ-4 Global Hawks, the high-tech drones that have been part of the Air Force since 2001. But this week the Pentagon proposed delaying the U-2's retirement as part of Defense Department cutbacks.

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