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[Alex G]

I've heard some noise that defense spending may decline

guess it depends on who's in charge

Mitt Romney Calls for More Defense Spending
http://live.wsj.com/video/mitt-romney-calls-for-more-defense-spending/6A43DA75-CBC8-4EB3-84D4-A994576110FE.html
In a speech at The Citadel military academy in Charleston, South Carolina Republican candidate Mitt Romney outlined his foreign policy strategy calling for increased military spending including the creation of a full national ballistic-missile-defense system.

Defense spending to spike by $2.1 trillion under Romney
money.cnn.com/2012/05/10/.../romney-defense-spending/index.htm
May 10, 2012 – Romney's plan calls for linking the Pentagon's base budget to Gross Domestic Product, and allowing the military to spend at least $4 dollars out of every $100 the American economy produces.