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GOP Hopefuls Debate Defense Cuts

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

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Republican presidential candidates debated defense budget cuts last night, when former Texas Gov. Rick Perry went as far as to call for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to resign in protest of them. Eight Republican contenders for their party’s nomination to battle President Barack Obama for the White House next year faced off at a nighttime debate in Washington. The event--hosted by The Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute, and CNN--was intended to be focused on foreign policy and national security. However, the…

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