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WHO GUTTED US MILITARY SPENDING?

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WHO GUTTED US MILITARY SPENDING?


[+] ballot by Cathexis
created Thu Sep 09, 04

Which of these men has the following record on gutting military spending?

* Contradicted Republicans during the height of the Cold War and called for President Reagan to *take a whack* at defense spending.

* In 1992, blocked critical intelligence reforms and bragged to Congress about gutting defense spending.

* In March of 2004, endorsed or originally proposed cuts for a variety of US weapons systems.

* Gloated that he had put an end to more than 100 military weapons systems in less than three years.

* In December 1991, bragged to the Washington Post that he was setting an all-time record as [office title] for canceling or stopping production of weapons and equipment.

* Proposed cutting the B-2 bomber program.

* Told Congress in 1989, *I forced the Army to make choices . . . I recommended that we cancel the AH-64 program two years out.*

* According to the Wash. Post, asked Congress to kill the F-14 in 1991 and had been skeptical of a proposal to continue production of the planes as early as 1990.

* Proposed cancellations of the F-16 aircraft and the Trident submarine, because he had decided the military already had enough of those weapons.

* In 1991, said he wanted to terminate such Gulf War veterans as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

* Told the Post he had terminated the F-14, F-15 and F-16 fighters; the A-6, A-12, AV-8B and P-3 Navy and Marine planes; and the Army's Apache helicopter and M-1A1 tank.

* Was so successful at cutting weapons that The Boston Globe worried *The Army's cupboard is left particularly bare -- it will soon have virtually no major weapons in production.*

* The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) reports, *Some of the most important intelligence reforms proposed by the 9-11 Commission, including the creation of a Director of National Intelligence (DNI), might have been adopted over a decade ago if not for the opposition of the [this person].

John Kerry
Ted Kennedy
John Edwards
Dick Cheney

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