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Michael O'Hanlon: Reshaping the Pentagon

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Published on Dec 8, 2011 by

Worries in American defense circles that cuts are coming to the Pentagon. Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon on what a reduced Pentagon budget means to US foreign commitments abroad.

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  • @Luminareo when you quote figures they should be accurate the US defense budget is not 59% of the total expenditures... in reality it is closer to 20% ... it spends the same or more on social security as well as medicare. 20% military, 20% medicare and 20% social security (roughly within 5 percentage points depending on the year you look at) it is clear they do not have enough money to keep everything going as it has if you look at all pertinent information

  • This guy tries to come off as tough on spending, but ultimately he can't even meet the goal. The United States spends 59% of its budget on the military. Education is 3%. Given such a budget, how can you even argue that you don't have enough money?

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