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texshelters

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Fri May 11, 2012, 04:21 PM May 2012

Why do Republicans ask for more money for defense than the Pentagon asks for? [View all]

Republicans think that the Pentagon has "put us in peril, and we at D.R.O.N.E. stand our ground against your decision to only ask for $554 billion dollars in this year’s defense budget. Thus, our Republican and Democratic allies in the House of Representatives have appropriated $642 billion for defense, an increase of almost 16% from what you asked for..."

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PTxS

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