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Fiscal cliff offers hint at more defense cuts
Posted: 12.05.2012 at 9:22 AM
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The proposal that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republican leaders sent to the White House this week calls for cuts of $300 billion in discretionary spending to achieve savings of $2.2 trillion over 10 years.

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