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Old 04-24-2012, 06:29 PM
 
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I thought this line was hilarious:

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Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's top weapons purchaser, said in February that the plan to buy the F-35 was so flawed it amounted to "acquisition malpractice."]
Watchdog: Pentagon Buys Weapons Backwards - Yahoo! News

Astounding, and yet...Republicans are about to nominate a guy that proposes this:

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Romney also promises budget increases for the Pentagon, above those sought by some GOP defense hawks, meaning that the rest of the government would have to shrink even more. Nonmilitary programs would incur still larger cuts than those called for in the tightfisted GOP budget that the House passed last month.

Read more: Romney on spending: Guns trump butter | Fox News
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