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U.S. defense chief to cut several major weapons programs

World Apr. 07, 2009 - 04:57AM JST ( 17 )

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teleprompterApr. 07, 2009 - 08:33AM JST

"Strength thru Weakness"

That's our boy Obama.
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SushiSake3Apr. 07, 2009 - 08:35AM JST

Bankruptcy through misguidedness - that's US weapons spending under the GOP.
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SargeApr. 07, 2009 - 08:37AM JST

"more money will be needed in areas such as personnel as the Army and Marines expand the size of their forces"

Need a job? Uncle Sam needs YOU!
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SargeApr. 07, 2009 - 08:41AM JST

Sushi - Look up how much money was spent on the military during the Clinton years compared to the previous 8 years under Reagan-Bush Sr. and then get back here and admit how wrong you are.
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SuperLibApr. 07, 2009 - 01:50PM JST

Sounds good to me.
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SuperLibApr. 07, 2009 - 01:51PM JST

Gates said his $534 billion budget proposal

Actually, how does this compare with defense spending for the last few years? Increase or decrease?
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SushiSake3Apr. 07, 2009 - 04:36PM JST

Sarge - "Look up how much money was spent on the military during the Clinton years compared to the previous 8 years under Reagan-Bush Sr. and then get back here and admit how wrong you are."

Heh, Sarge, if you are going to make a wild claim like that, it always pays to check your facts first.

I checked mine and - not surprisingly - you are completely and utterly flat wrong.

Military spending under Bush snr (89-93) was higher than under Clinton (1993-2001).

Check it out! - www.nationalpriorities.org/usmilitary_spending
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Loki520Apr. 07, 2009 - 04:42PM JST

Bankruptcy through misguidedness - that's US spending under Obama.

Fixed it for ya.
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SushiSake3Apr. 07, 2009 - 04:42PM JST

Superlib - "Actually, how does this compare with defense spending for the last few years? Increase or decrease?"

I'm trying to find a link to the stats but I doubt any figures during the bush II years will be accurate.

Americans know full well how pretty much the entire Iraq war spending ere snuck in under the radar as "appropriations" bills and never attached to the actual budget where they should have been had bush and his team of munchicans been honest.
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SushiSake3Apr. 07, 2009 - 05:02PM JST

Good on Obama for canning the plans for a new fleet of presidential helicoptors.

The previous president would have ridden roughshod over any objections and ordered them anyway. It's funny...some Americans think they actually lived in a democracy between 2000-08. :-)
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SushiSake3Apr. 07, 2009 - 05:09PM JST

Let's also hope President Obama puts a stop to the proposed new aircraft carrier 'U.s.S. gEoRGe w. bUuSh'
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SargeApr. 07, 2009 - 08:31PM JST

Sushi - I must confess I didn't check it out before making the claim. By golly, you're right, and I'm wrong on this one! Bush Sr. did in fact spend a few more billion on defense than did Bill. I just naturally assumed the government spends more and more on just about everything every damn year regardless of who's president! Generally this is true...

We'll see how much gets spent on defense and everything else in the next 4 years compared to the past 4 years.
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SushiSake3Apr. 07, 2009 - 10:01PM JST

Sarge, no worries, mate!

JT would be a wasteland without your regular contributions - keep it up.

Rock on. :-)
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teleprompterApr. 07, 2009 - 11:04PM JST

But billions for Obama's private army of ACORN thugs
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SushiSake3Apr. 07, 2009 - 11:28PM JST

teleprompter - "But billions for Obama's private army of ACORN thugs"

The ones you just made up in your head?
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SargeApr. 07, 2009 - 11:32PM JST

Sushi - Don't you know about the ACORN thugs and the money they're getting from the government? Check it out!