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DCBob

(24,689 posts)
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 11:10 AM Jan 2012

Panetta: "this country has to deal with the reality"... "we have to reduce the defense budget"

From Reutors:

"I think this country has to deal with the reality of the situation that we're confronting," Panetta said in a pre-recorded interview. "We're coming out of a decade of war. We're facing a huge budget crisis in this country. The Congress said ... we have to reduce the defense budget by $487 billion."<snip>

"I think the message that the world needs to understand is: America is the strongest military power and we intend to remain the strongest military power and nobody ought to mess with that," he said.<snip>

He also noted that the U.S. defense budget also would still be by far the world's largest - roughly the size of the next largest defense budgets combined.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-worlds-strongest-military-despite-cuts-panetta-141456731.html

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Good news. The defense budget needs to be downsized.

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Panetta: "this country has to deal with the reality"... "we have to reduce the defense budget" (Original Post) DCBob Jan 2012 OP
the headline of the post SHOULD match the content of the story folks. Panetta DID NOT SAY this ladywnch Jan 2012 #1
Well he said it.. DCBob Jan 2012 #2
But but but... great white snark Jan 2012 #3
Its hard for some on the left to admit they were wrong about this administration. DCBob Jan 2012 #4

ladywnch

(2,672 posts)
1. the headline of the post SHOULD match the content of the story folks. Panetta DID NOT SAY this
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 11:42 AM
Jan 2012

if you look at the excerpt posted it is very clear he (Panetta) is quoting Congress not making a statement of his belief.......the whole, .....The Congress said ... we have to reduce the defense budget by $487 billion."<snip> , should have been the clue.

great white snark

(2,646 posts)
3. But but but...
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 11:56 AM
Jan 2012

Never ending wars, slaves to the MIC and all that. No way the budget gets cut...DUers in the know have said so. Repeatedly.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
4. Its hard for some on the left to admit they were wrong about this administration.
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 12:01 PM
Jan 2012

They will continue to parse words to "prove" their point.

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