The Defense Department budget and weapons acquisitions are likely to top the defense agenda in the 111th Congress.

For more on The Road Ahead, read:

• U.S. Economic Woes Are the ‘Wild Card’ in 2009
• Runaway Costs Put Procurement Reform on 111th Congress Agenda
• Military Lobbyists Feel Pressure of Pinched Budgets
• A West Point Grad and Go-To Senator
• Obama Wants to Bolster Recruitment, Move Military Into 21st Century
• Former Military Man McCain a Big Advocate of Procurement Reform