This budget proposes only a $78 billion reduction in defense spending, which is nothing more than a rounding error.
Betty McCollum: “This budget proposes only a $78 billion reduction in defense spending, which is nothing more than a rounding error.”
On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
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Argues that proposed defense cuts are insignificant compared to overall spending.
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