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Dicks: House Could Cut DoD Budget

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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford A key House panel could cut President Barack Obama's Pentagon budget proposal by up to 2 percent, Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) said yesterday. Dicks said the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) could give the defense subcommittee (HAC-D), which he chairs, a smaller allocation than White House's fiscal year 2011 defense request, which includes $708.3 billion for the Pentagon base budget and war funding. "It would not shock me if that were the case," he told Defense Daily. Dicks…

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