Cut the Pentagon’s Budget, Make the US Safer

Pressured by the need to shrink the federal budget deficit, Congress is insisting that Pentagon spending can’t continue to grow at the galloping rate of the last decade. In response, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress in October that he’s planning to cut $450 billion in planned military spending increases. We shouldn’t stop at $450 … Continue reading “Cut the Pentagon’s Budget, Make the US Safer”