Who Says Congress Should Cut the Pentagon Budget?

Sep 27, 2011

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"For far too long the quality of our national security has been judged by the quantity of Pentagon spending and by the size of our armed forces. The truth is, the more we spent like this, the more we have wasted and the less we actually thought about the meaning of national security."

~ Retired Brigadier General John Adams, writing in The Hill on 8/26/11. Read more of his article urging Congress to take control of military spending.

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"We can achieve safe savings in defense if we are willing to rethink how we produce military power and how, why, and where we put it to use."

~ Harvard University Professor Linda Bilmes is among 46 national security experts who signed this letter to President Obama’s fiscal commission, sent on 11/18/10.

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"Taking defense spending off the table is indefensible. We need to protect our nation, not the Pentagon's sacred cows.”

~ Senator Tom Coburn (OK), in an op-ed published in the Washington Examiner, 11/3/10. (The original article is no longer available, but you can read an excerpt here.)

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"At a time of growing concern over federal deficits, it is essential that all elements of the federal budget be subjected to careful scrutiny. The Pentagon budget should be no exception."

~ Bipartisan Sustainable Defense Task Force report, 6/11/10. The Task Force was convened by Reps. Barney Frank (MA) (pictured at right) and Ron Paul (TX).

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