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Friday, October 14, 2011

Cutting The Military Budget - Congressional Hearing

The military and Secretary Panetta are screaming bloody murder about projected security spending cuts involved in the SuperCommittee arrangements.  The last paragraph tells us that the proceedings were interrupted "to an unusual degree" by protesters unhappy with the fact that military spending has doubled since 2001.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/us/politics/in-and-from-congress-calls-to-limit-pentagon-cuts.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=Pentagon%20budget&st=cse

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