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Dems: Frank’s Call To Slash Defense Budget Is Not Backed By Party Leaders

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford As Republicans react angrily to a call from Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) last week to cut defense spending by 25 percent, Frank and Democratic aides emphasized yesterday that he was speaking for himself and not House leaders. Frank's comments to a Massachusetts newspaper last Thursday "were his own, this is not a larger Democratic message," his spokesman Steven Adamske said. Frank--the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee--sees trimming defense spending as "an issue he believes should…

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