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    Decimating the 9-1-1 Force: Budget Cutters Must Spare U.S. Marines

    November 1, 2011

    Defense News

    By REPS. J. RANDY FORBES and TODD AKIN
    Published: 31 October 2011

    From the birth of the U.S. Marine Corps in November 1775 to the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima in March 1945 to the current pursuit of terrorists and efforts to ensure stability [...]

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    Defense cuts are jobs issue

    October 21, 2011
    POLITICO
    By: Mike Murphy
    October 21, 2011 04:33 AM EDT  

    Since Congress and the Obama administration struck the debt ceiling deal, much has been written about the national security implications of its possible $500 billion in defense cuts — which come in addition to $400 billion [...]

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    Why Defense Cuts Don’t Make Sense

    October 14, 2011

    By BUCK MCKEON

    OCTOBER 14, 2011

    The U.S. military is the principal guardian of our global economy’s avenues of commerce. We protect the skies, cyberspace and the world’s oceans.

    What principles should guide the congressional super committee as it prepares to cut over $1 trillion from the federal [...]

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    FPI Fact Sheet: The Dangers of Deep Defense Cuts: What America’s Civilian and Military Leaders are Saying

    October 13, 2011
    October 12, 2011 | Foreign Policy Initiative

    Unless Congress passes a law by mid-January 2012 that reduces the long-term federal deficit by more than $1.2 trillion, the U.S. Department of Defense will automatically face deep spending cuts over next 10 years—cuts that America’s civilian and military leaders have candidly described [...]

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    Looming Defense Cuts: A Threat to Jobs and Those Who Serve

    October 13, 2011

    Congressman Randy Forbes has released a powerful video outlining the devastating impact that defense cuts would have to our servicemembers and jobs.

    Looming Defense Cuts: A Threat to Jobs and Those Who Serve

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    GRASSROOTS LEADERS OPPOSE DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS 55% OF TEA PARTY SUPPORTS DEFENSE SPENDING

    October 12, 2011

    For Immediate Release

    For more information and to schedule an interview: Travis Korson media@forthecommondefense.org

    Washington, DC October 11, 2011– At a panel discussion on October 5, 2011- “Providing for the Common Defense: The First Duty of the Super Committee” – four prominent grassroots and tea party leaders, several members of [...]

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    Joel Arends appears on Viewpoints with Lockwood Phillips

    October 12, 2011

    Recently, Joel Arends, Chairman and Founder of Veterans for a Strong America, discussed the devastating effects further cuts would have on the defense budget as well as the Coalition’s efforts to prevent a scenario on the Viewpoints Radio show with Lockwood Phillips recently.

     

     

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    Our Troops Don’t Want a Gold-Plated Military — Armor Will Suffice

    October 11, 2011

    NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE

    By Joel Arends Posted on October 10, 2011 11:24 AM

    The running joke in the military is that the Marines get the Army’s old equipment. Should the congressional supercommittee fail to come to an agreement on federal spending, our nation’s military will see cuts of up to [...]

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    Carafano: Heed HASC Warning, Keep the Military a Stabilizing Force in the World

    October 7, 2011

    HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

    Buck McKeon, Chairman

    For Immediate Release: October 6, 2011                 Contact: John Noonan or Claude Chafin, 202-225-2539

    Carafano: Heed HASC Warning, Keep the Military a Stabilizing Force in the World

    Washington D.C. – On Thursday, Dr. James [...]

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    Providing for the Common Defense: The First Duty of the “Supercommittee”

    October 7, 2011

    By Owen Graham

    The Foundry, The Heritage Foundation

    October 7, 2011

    Members of Congress, prominent military and veterans affairs experts, and Tea Party representatives raised concerns that further cuts to the U.S. military would do irreparable damage to national security, during an [...]

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