General Dempsey Warns of ‘Very High Risk’ Budget Cuts By Daniel Halper FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint July 29, 2011 2:13 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint President Obama’s nominee for the chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said earlier this week that defense budget cuts would be “extraordinarily difficult” and “very high risk.” Recommended Stories Has Trump lost India? Punitive tariffs and Nobel Peace Prize insults erode once-close relationsPentagon warns Venezuela after claiming two military aircraft flew by Navy vesselTrump to sign order renaming Pentagon to 'Department of War' TagsBlogBudgetsMartin DempseyTWS Archive Related Content White House Trump remains optimistic about reaching a peace deal in Ukraine war: ‘We’re going to get it done’ Crime GoFundMe takes down fundraisers for North Carolina stabbing suspect Sports Carlos Alcaraz beats rival Jannik Sinner at US Open for a sixth Slam title and No. 1 ranking White House ‘We’re not going to war’ with Chicago, Trump says after meme post Finance and Economy Bessent ‘confident’ Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump tariffs