...is to cut defense spending, says a Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Higher levels of defense spending, which would allow for both higher troop levels and weapons modernization, will take a backseat to more pressing national economic problems, he said, with creating jobs as the first priority.
After that, the next priority will be paying for the expensive economic stimulus measures that have been and will be enacted, Reed said.
But don't call him unpatriotic.
update: Looks like they'll cut the US defense budget and give the money to the Taliban.
Can't make this stuff up, folks.
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Where on earth do the idiots think "Defense spending" goes. It isn't thrown irretrievably at our enemies, it pays salaries and builds equipment - almost entirely here in the US of A.
In some engineering circles, defense spending is thought of as a jobs program for smart people.
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