At a recent Brookings event on the U.S. defense budget, Michael O’Hanlon says that by making strategic, peace-time reductions in our ground forces and with more selective modernization, we can help reduce the defense budget.
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Can Defense Cuts Contribute to Deficit Reduction?
January 6, 2011