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	Obama to Cut Defgense Budget by 10%

DanaGarrett

2-1-2009 10:42 AM

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DanaGarrett says:

Obama has ordered the Defense Department to cut the defense budget by 10%. That's hardly enough given its already inflated size and how the size of the budget is a source of temptation for military interventionism abroad. But it's a start.

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