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corner.nationalreview.com - 4/8/2009
Cutting the Force While Growing the Force
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While DOD/OMB have not yet released the complete Pentagon budget (the devil is always in the details), initial evidence--despite the spin--points to significant cuts. While I understand, and appreciated, Secretary Gates desire to "reform" the way DOD funds projects, I can't help but get the ...
The Ninth of April
mudvillegazette.com - 4/10/2009
The Ninth of April
— mudvillegazette.com — Previously: Photographic Memories ***** April 9th, 2003: The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division is fighting a battle... of rapidly diminishing ferocity in the streets of Baghdad. A few blocks away from where the final shots echo a made-for-TV moment unfolds - United States Marines pull up ... (more) The Ninth of April

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Terrorists rally in Swat, march through region
longwarjournal.org - 4/14/2009
Terrorists rally in Swat, march through region
— longwarjournal.org — Click map for full view. Taliban presence, by district and tribal agency, in the Northwest Frontier Province... and the Federally Administered Tribal Agencies. Information on Taliban presence obtained from open source and derived by The ... (more) Terrorists rally in Swat, march through region

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ace.mu.nu - 4/8/2009
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— ace.mu.nu — « Finally: Obama, the Movie | Main | Obama Seeks Power to CONTROL ALL OF THE WORLD'S... WEATHER!!! » Despite Spin, Obama Is In Fact Cutting the Defense Budget No, he's not growing the budget overall, as he claims. He's cutting and pretending he's not ... (more) Comments 04-08-09

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Ace of Spades HQ:  Despite Spin, Obama Is In Fact Cutting the Defense Budget

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Despite Spin, Obama Is In Fact Cutting the Defense Budget
Ace of Spades HQ — Despite Spin, Obama Is In Fact Cutting the Defense Budget No, he's not growing the budget overall, as he claims. He's cutting and pretending he's not cutting. And he's not just cutting the projected growth. He's cutting. For example: As has been reported, the 4% increase in defense spending proposed by Secretary Gates is actually 4% less than what the Joint Chiefs of Staff wanted; and, if taken alongside the fact that this budget attempts to fold in spending previously funded by supplemental war budgets, the supposed 4% increase is actually a $8 billion cut in defense ...

Subtraction by Addition
Matthew Yglesias — ... The Gates/Obama budget provides for the end-strength of the United States Army to increase, which makes it difficult to characterize as a cut. Nonetheless, Pete Hegseth at The Corner gives it the old college try: ...

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