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GOP Poised To Approve Pro-Weapon System Platform

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

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Republican National Convention delegates plan to approve a new platform today that advocates robust military spending--while touting aircraft, Navy ship, and missile defense needs--without setting specific goals for the size of the Pentagon budget. The convention’s Platform Committee endorsed an early version of the document--a broad expression of the Republican party's policy views on sundry matters--on Aug. 21, ahead of this week’s convention in Tampa. A draft of the platform’s section on foreign policy and defense, which was circulated around Washington over the…

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