Remember, the military cuts we are talking about come out of the regular Pentagon budget, not the war appropriations sustaining overseas operations.

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And CNN learned that the Pentagon has called a Tuesday meeting of all of its "TV generals, " retired generals who serve as analysts for television and newspapers and get regular Pentagon briefings.

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The law does not include cuts in funding for overseas wars, which is handled outside the regular Pentagon budget, but those outlays were already programmed to decline rapidly as the U.S. exits Iraq and Afghanistan.

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But administration officials insist they are philosophically opposed to the idea of routine supplemental appropriations beyond the Pentagon's regular budget, and that, in the future, the Pentagon should be adequately funded so it does not have to rely on emergency appropriations.

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The ships can travel 2, 000 miles in less than 48 hours, twice the speed of the Pentagon's regular cargo ships, and carry enough equipment to support about 5, 000 soldiers.

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