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  • Alleging Republican 'blind eye' on defense spending, GOP senator proposes cuts

    11/16/2012 5:25:29 PM PST · by WilliamIII · 40 replies
    NBC ^ | Nov 16 2012 | Tom Curry
    A Senate Republican fiscal hawk offered a 74-page menu of Defense Department spending cuts Thursday that could save taxpayers nearly $68 billion over 10 years. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said he and his staff had identified several categories of “non-defense spending at the Pentagon,” outlays which he said had “little to do with national security.” At a Capitol Hill press conference, Coburn accused his fellow Senate Republicans of “having a blind eye on spending.” He summed up their approach as “It’s OK to cut spending anywhere except the Defense Department.” But, he said “to be legitimate and have any integrity...