Why should the US Military be exempt? They waste more money than all of the other agencies combined. If anyone is a candidate for eliminating redundancy and waste, is the Department of Defense.
Because Obama’s defense spending reductions need to be held in check. True, there is waste, but I fear cutting their budgets further will harm the US in the long run. I would not be against procurement reviews, however.
In the case of the military, you’d have to aim directly at the Pentagon, and likely tell them to dismiss 8,000 of the likely 21,000 employees in the building. I don’t think those guys could accept something like that.