WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hard choices involving U.S. fighter aircraft, missile defense, aerial refueling tankers and other costly arms programs await President-elect Barack Obama, amid wartime strains heightened by a yawning budget deficit.
Within two weeks of his Jan. 20 inauguration, Obama's fledgling administration is scheduled to send the new Congress his spending and tax plans for the 2010 to 2015 budget years.
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