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The defense ministers of Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Germany (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Feb 2014
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Awknid
(381 posts)1. All women! Way cool!
It will be a miracle if we ever got a woman defense secretary. I certainly won't hold my breath!
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)2. amen
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)3. Defense Budgets % of GNP
Norway 1.4%
Sweden 1.2%
Netherlands 1.3%
Germany 1.4%
US 4.4%
Also world ranking data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)4. Did anyone know that the #2 person at the Pentagon is also a woman?
The Top Gun lady, Christine Fox.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)5. A couple pretty young too - Norway's just 37