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  Sen. Webb: Defense Spending Shouldn’t Be ‘Sacrosanct’
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Last EditedRP  Feb 03, 2010 05:25pm
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AuthorSpencer Ackerman
News DateTuesday, February 2, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe only one on the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning who says the defense budget should be on the table for President Obama’s spending freeze is a former Navy secretary — Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.). Saying that there’s no reason military spending should be “sacrosanct,” Webb urged Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Michael Mullen to “take a hard look at programs that don’t produce a clear bottom line.”
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