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On the recordNovember 2, 2011
Currently we are dealing with the $465 billion DOD cut that was arbitrarily made without analysis to underpin that number.
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Randy Forbes
Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Forbes criticizes the arbitrary nature of the $465 billion cut to the Department of Defense.

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