Dick Cheney rips Obama for defense cuts: “He would much rather spend the money on food stamps"

[Historic NY]

18. Wait from the chicken hawk bastard who crafted the earlier RIFT when he was Defense SEC.

"When the Cold War ended 20 years ago, when I was Chairman [of the Joint Chiefs] and Mr. [Richard] Cheney was Secretary of Defense, we cut the defense budget by 25 percent, and we reduced the force by 500,000 active duty soldiers."
--Retired Gen. Colin L. Powell, January 23, 2011

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2011/01/cutting_the_defense_budget.html

CHENEY GIVES PLAN TO REDUCE FORCES BY 25% IN 5 YEARS
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/20/us/cheney-gives-plan-to-reduce-forces-by-25-in-5-years.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/21/us/cheney-s-cuts-called-inadequate-because-of-programs-he-d-spare.html

http://history.defense.gov/cheney.shtml

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/107932/CHENEY-OUTLINES-5-YEAR-PLAN-TO-REDUCE-FORCES-BY-25-PERCENT.html?pg=all