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In Pictures: Defense Spending Plummets under Obama’s Budget

Posted By Mike Brownfield On May 2, 2012 @ 11:24 am In Featured,Protect America | No Comments

Last night, President Obama visited Afghanistan and stood on the shoulders of the U.S. military to trumpet his foreign policy. But that military is being eviscerated under the president’s budget cuts, creating a hollow force and exacerbating today’s readiness crisis.

Since President Obama took office, more than 50 major weapons programs at a value of more than $300 billion were cut or delayed. On top of this, the Administration told the military to cut almost $600 billion more over the next 15 years. And that’s before any cuts under the Budget Control Act take place.

Get the facts on defense spending in our fact sheet: Defense Budget is Being Cut: By Any Way You Look at It. ^[1]

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[1] Defense Budget is Being Cut: By Any Way You Look at It.: http://www.heritage.org/research/factsheets/2011/12/defense-budget-is-being-cut-by-any-way-you-look-at-it?utm_source=Chartbook&utm_medium=researchpaper&utm_campaign=budgetchartbook

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