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Biden, Ryan Spar Over National Security

Julie Samuel

Friday, October 12th, 2012

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Democratic Vice President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) sparred last night over the defense budget and proposed cuts to weapon systems during the sole debate of the vice presidential candidates before the November election. Ryan argued politicians “should not be imposing these devastating defense cuts,” and launched a brief-but-heated exchange with Biden over both the size and semantics of real and potential reductions to planned Pentagon spending triggered by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The Obama administration…

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