"Military spending has been “cut to the bone” and deeper reductions could cost the nation tens of thousands of defense jobs, a coalition of manufacturers warned Wednesday in pleading for a special deficit-reduction committee to spare Pentagon budgets.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
'Coalition of manufacturers lobbies ‘supercommittee’ to spare military spending'
these people want more endless wars..............from wapo..........
"Military spending has been “cut to the bone” and deeper reductions could cost the nation tens of thousands of defense jobs, a coalition of manufacturers warned Wednesday in pleading for a special deficit-reduction committee to spare Pentagon budgets.
The Aerospace Industries Association and top executives from companies such as Boeing and Pratt & Whitney said reductions beyond the 10-year, $350 billion cut in this summer’s debt accord would have a devastating impact on a defense industry that Marion C. Blakey, the association’s president, described as “fragile.”
"Military spending has been “cut to the bone” and deeper reductions could cost the nation tens of thousands of defense jobs, a coalition of manufacturers warned Wednesday in pleading for a special deficit-reduction committee to spare Pentagon budgets.
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