All of this has brought on serious problems of readiness, recruiting, retention and morale.
If the announced schedule holds, the suspensions will not have a serious impact on readiness.
Distribution of "Severe Weather Readiness" packets.
It blames the military and the Interior Ministry, among other official agencies, for "serious lapses" in wartime readiness and says some are not investing needed funds in preparedness plans.
"This can be done, and should be done, without posing a serious risk to military readiness," Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense, said today.
Mr. Fleischer pointed out that the Pentagon's leaders have warned that the budget cuts will have a serious impact on the readiness of the nation's military.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin November 30, 2010 "This can be done, and should be done, without posing a serious risk to military readiness," Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense, said today.
Two months ago, a report commissioned by the Department of Communities and Local Government raised serious questions about the readiness of local councils to carry the agenda forward.
Mr. Bush's plan is all the more surprising because in last year's campaign he repeatedly accused the Clinton administration of allowing a serious erosion in military readiness and morale.
Regarding the editorial "North Korea, again" (April 5): While North Korea's erratic policy has been endangering global and regional peace, recent public insistence by China and Russia on the need to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula may signal greater readiness for serious Northeast Asian cooperation to end such adventurism.
