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The "outside the defense department budget" numbers are sketchy at best. Interest on debt for past wars isn't something that can be cut. "State Department fin
by anamax 16y ago
The "outside the defense department budget" numbers are sketchy at best.
Interest on debt for past wars isn't something that can be cut.
"State Department financing of foreign arms sales" is diplomacy, not military spending. (It may be dumb diplomacy, but it's diplomacy.)