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General Cecchi against the cuts to Defense

Rome, Italy - "Absolutely insufficient" the terms of 2006 budget

Italian Army Chief of Staff, General Filiberto Cecchi, has publicly joined the protest against the cuts in Defense budget planned by 2006 financial acts (see AVIONEWS 1 and 2 for details). In occasion of the ceremony for Italian contingent return from Pakistan rescue operation for the population hit by earthquake, Cecchi has defined "Absolutely insufficient" the funds allocated, with a Defense share’s d...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 137316
Rome, Italy, 03/10/2006 12:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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