http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cutcut (kuht)
verb
12. Informal. to cease; discontinue (often fol. by out): Cut the kidding. Let's cut out the pretense.
unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (DoD? Gannett?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.
Read all about Fair Use here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.
unhappycamper summary of this article: Evidently someone in the Air Force can't read. Budget cuts do not mean you can reshuffle $$$$ around. Cuts mean cuts. I question everything the Lexington Institute says about military spending.
Air Force can use savings for bomber, fightersBy Dave Majumdar - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jan 30, 2011 8:46:06 EST
“This work had been underway, but certainly the (Defense) secretary gave us a shot in the arm and gave us a great, I think, inducement to proceed with this work with a simple caveat: What we found within the Air Force for savings and efficiencies would stay in the Air Force,” Donley told reporters Jan. 12.