
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 2, 1990                   TAG: 9003023039
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

GAO REPORT SAYS PENTAGON MUST CUT MORE

The Pentagon must find $138 billion more in spending cuts to meet President Bush's five-year defense plan, says a congressional report released Thursday.

Comptroller General Charles Bowsher, who presented the General Accounting Office's assessment of defense spending, noted the president's current budget for fiscal 1991 includes a five-year defense plan that projects spending of $1.5 trillion.

That amount is $212 billion less than the five-year plan which was prepared in fiscal 1989. However, the Pentagon has cut just $74 billion from the 1989 projections.

Bowsher suggested that the administration "rethink our entire weapon system acquisition strategy," starting with the B-2 stealth bomber and the multiple-warhead MX nuclear missile.

by CNB