Rep. Ron Paul & Barney Frank call for cuts in defense spending

also supporting this report - Rep. Walter Jones (R) and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D)

Here are the members of Frank's "Sustainable Defense Task Force" and their affiliations, for identification purposes.
http://www.comw.org/pda/1006SDTF.html Carl Conetta, Co-Director, Project on Defense Alternatives (Commonwealth Institute) Benjamin Friedman, Cato Institute William Hartung, New America Foundation Chris Hellman, National Priorities Project Heather Hurlburt, National Security Network John Issacs, Executive Director, Council for a Livable World Charles Knight, Co-Director, Project on Defense Alternatives (Commonwealth Institute) Larry Korb, Center for American Progress Paul Martin, PeaceAction Laicie Olsen, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Prasannan Parthasarathi, Boston College Miriam Pemberton, Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies Laura Peterson, Taxpayers for Common Sense Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute Winslow Wheeler, Center for Defense Information

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[NHMntnHIGH]

Barney Franks the queen to the mad hatter, whom ever his bf is this week, a drug pusher or perhaps a brothel in his place in DC. this old queen needs to be sent off to the place old queens go to stutter and die, for the good of the country nah the world

[tostevel]

NOT! Frank is as crooked as a Z.

[elviolette]

Where would this country be without Barnie Frank? It's a shame that America would never elect him President.

[hellshade2]

one move right off the bat would be to bring all our troops home from iraq,afghanistan and any that are now in libya. how many millions a day are being spent in these areas for no good reason? then the total defense budget should be slashed by a third and i'm sure there are quite a number of bases we have around the world that are no longer needed. after that the american people should demand congress take a pay cut as well and pay for thier own medical and retirement benefits

[Gilliatt83]

good move

[snagillim]

They don't want to cut "defense" spending, the word defense is inaccurate. A military industrial complex supported by cronyism and perpetuated by killing innocent people and waging illegal wars isn't exactly defensive action.