Sure. Defense workers lean right. So the Leftists have no trouble cutting them. And all to often, Republicans go along. All during the 1990s when Defense was being cut and consolidated, I said over and over that the Right was shooting itself in the foot.
Exactly. Most DOD civilians employees are former military.
Of course, the left doesn’t mind cutting a work force that did not vote for it. It’s sort of like killing two birds with one stone.