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Air Force chief has own ideas for budget cuts

By Associated Press
Published November 4, 2013 5:00am ET
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Air Force chief has own ideas for budget cuts
Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told the Colorado Springs Gazette in an interview published Monday that across-the-board cuts proposed over 10 years are a bad idea and a bad business model. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) | Carolyn Kaster

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force’s top general wants Congress to grant him the authority to trim the ranks to cope with $1 trillion in Pentagon budget cuts over a decade.

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