Debating Cuts in Defense Budget Hard If What's Spent Is Unknown?
New Haven Register › February 12, 2011
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TALL, affable Buck McKeon sits, gavel in hand, at the turbulent intersection of two conflicting Republican tendencies. The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee embodies the party's support for a strong defense, which it sometimes measures simply by the size of the Pentagon budget. But, the 35 Republicans on his 62-member committee include 13 first-term legislators, some of whom embody the tea party's zeal for cutting spending.
The U.S. spends almost as much on the military as the rest of the world does. It spends at least six times more than the second- biggest defense spender, China.See the full content of this document
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Debating Cuts in Defense Budget Hard If What's Spent Is Unknown?
But, McKeon says, "A defense budget in decline portends an America in decline." And: "I've been around a long time and I've seen us cut defense investments over the years after wars. ... But ...
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