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Defense Spending: McCain v. Palin (video)
youtube.com - 10/31/2008
Defense Spending: McCain v. Palin (video)
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What are they thinking?
Will Obama Gut Defense?
online.wsj.com - 10/28/2008
Will Obama Gut Defense?
— online.wsj.com — Barney Frank will not soon be named secretary of defense or, insha'Allah , chairman of the House... Armed Services Committee. So there's really no reason to fear that his recent call to cut defense spending by 25% is a harbinger of what to expect in an ... (more) Will Obama Gut Defense?

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Obama Ad Hits Back At "Desperate" McCain Defense Spending Attack: "It's A Lie"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/31/2008
Obama Ad Hits Back At "Desperate" McCain Defense Spending Attack: "It's A Lie"
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Swift and targeted on-air responses have been key to Obama's success, and the Obama camp has just... unleashed a particularly hard-hitting response in the Norfolk, Virginia market to the RNC's ad there charging that he wants to cut defense spending, an ... (more) Obama Ad Hits Back At "Desperate" McCain Defense ...

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News: Virginia weighs its dependence on defense spending
virginiabusiness.com - 10/30/2008
News: Virginia weighs its dependence on defense spending
— virginiabusiness.com — September 01, 2008 12:01 AM by Nicole Anderson Ellis News You might have mistaken it for a... summer breeze. If you were in a quiet place on July 7, what you really heard was the sound of many Virginians simultaneously issuing a sigh of relief. That ... (more) News: Virginia weighs its dependence on defense spending

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Gutting the Pentagon
Political Animal — GUTTING THE PENTAGON.... Sarah Palin campaigned in Erie, Pennsylvania, yesterday and blasted Democrats for allegedly wanting to cut funding from the Pentagon budget. "We're fighting two wars, with a force strength in need of rebuilding, not in being gutted," Palin said ...

Palin Opposes McCain On Defense Cuts
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — The Washington Monthly reports: Sarah Palin campaigned in Erie, Pennsylvania, yesterday and blasted Democrats for allegedly wanting to cut funding from the Pentagon budget. "We're fighting two wars, with a force strength in need of rebuilding, not in being gutted," Palin said. "And they [Democrats] think it's the perfect time to radically reduce defense spending? What are they thinking?" Yes, what kind of monster would decide, in the midst of two wars, to cut defense spending? Why, to hear Palin tell it, you'd have to be some kind of nut to even think about reducing Pentagon funding right now. With ...

Palin Opposes McCain On Defense Cuts
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — The Washington Monthly reports: Sarah Palin campaigned in Erie, Pennsylvania, yesterday and blasted Democrats for allegedly wanting to cut funding from the Pentagon budget. "We're fighting two wars, with a force strength in need of rebuilding, not in being gutted," Palin said. "And they [Democrats] think it's the perfect time to radically reduce defense spending? What are they thinking?" Yes, what kind of monster would decide, in the midst of two wars, to cut defense spending? Why, to hear Palin tell it, you'd have to be some kind of nut to even think about reducing Pentagon funding right now. With ...

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