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Mitt Romney’s pledge to spend at least 4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product on the military isn’t an immediate goal or even one he is sure to meet in a first term as president, according to a defense adviser.
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Any peace dividend from bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan likely will take years, not months, to make a dent in the federal budget, analysts said.
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The Defense Department may have to force soldiers, Marines or other members of the military out of the services for the first time since the aftermath of the Cold War to achieve the spending reductions in its budget proposal.
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The Obama administration proposed cybersecurity legislation aimed at protecting banks, power plants and government computers from hackers.
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The Obama administration’s proposal for protecting banks, power grids and government computers from cyber attacks urges tightening oversight of critical infrastructure and requiring companies to notify consumers of data breaches.
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Republicans have promised to cut spending and restore fiscal discipline in Washington. Yet they shy away from one of the biggest pieces of our federal budget: defense spending.
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