Defense Cuts: $400 Billion Is Less Than It Seems

April 28, 2011

Morning Edition touted the qualifications of Leon Panetta, President Obama’s pick to be Secretary of Defense, as budget cutter, noting that he will be asked to trim $400 billion from the Defense Department budget over the next decade. It would have been worth pointing out that is just over 5 percent of the almost $8 trillion that the department is projected to spend over the decade.

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