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Gates aims to trim contractors and invest savings in weapons

SAN DIEGO — A Pentagon plan to reduce spending on civilian contractors could free up more than $10 billion in the next four years, says Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who wants the savings to be spent on new ships, fighters and other weapons systems rather than on reducing the federal budget....

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