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With Obama's speech, momentum gathering to cut defense spending

Like Medicare and Social Security, cutting defense spending has been something of a 'do not enter' zone for many lawmakers. But that may be changing.
Why Pentagon budget cuts might not be as impressive as they sound

At $553 billion, the Pentagon budget is $13 billion less than expected. But it is still up from last year, and many of the biggest planned cuts are in the uncertain future.
Russian defense minister's Washington trip brings old foes together

Russian Defense Minister Anatoyl Serdyukov comes to the Pentagon for the first time this week to meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a former intelligence officer once skilled in the art of Kremlinology.
QDR: Pentagon revises its long-held two-war doctrine

A key Pentagon strategic document released Monday, called the Quadrennial Defense Review, increases the emphasis on a new range of threats, including cybersecurity. It departs from the military's traditional goal of being able to fight two conventional wars at once.
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What Obama's Afghan war plan will cost you

An extra 30,000 troops for Afghan war will cost each taxpayer $195 next year -- or up to three times that figure.
ECONOMIC SCENE: Afghanistan will cost US more than Iraq

Funding for war in Afghanistan will eclipse Iraq for the first time in next year's budget.