Obama Defense Cuts

Memorial Day Thoughts on National Defense

Robert Reich | Posted 05.27.2012

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At a time when Medicare, Medicaid, and non-defense discretionary spending (including most programs for the poor, as well as infrastructure and basic R&D) are in serious jeopardy, Obama and the Democrats should be calling for even more defense cuts.

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House Panel Spares One Area From Fiscal Discipline

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta slammed a House panel on Thursday for adding billions of dollars to President Barack Obama's defense...

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Lawmakers Concerned About Key Cuts Amid Deficit Resolve

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve...

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Obama To Reveal Defense Strategy

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the wars he inherited, President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a reshaping and shrinking of the military. He vow...

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Sam Stein

Barney Frank: Majority Of Democrats Will Support Amending Defense Cut Trigger

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Retiring Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spilled a few beans on Sunday morning when he said a majority of Democrats would sign off on...

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Sam Stein

Jay Carney On Triggered Cuts To Defense Spending: 'There Is No Wiggle Room'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney categorically dismissed on Monday the idea that the president would change the construction of th...

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GOP Senator: Obama Veto Threat Has Escape Clause

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.28.2011

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One of the Republican members of the congressional super committee attempted on Sunday to create some wiggle room with regard to President Obama's opp...

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Sen. Inhofe Claims Obama "Disarming America"

azcentral.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of senators including Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; Jim Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., fired off a letter to President Barack Obama saying p...

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Pentagon Board To Obama: You Have To Cut Defense Budget

Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

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A senior Pentagon advisory group, in a series of bluntly worded briefings, is warning President-elect Barack Obama that the Defense Department's curre...

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