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Obama Submits First DoD Budget To Hill, Pledges End To Supplementals

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Friday, May 8th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Emphasizing the need to cut wasteful spending, President Barack Obama yesterday sent a $663.8 billion Pentagon budget to Congress for fiscal year 2010. "We're going to save money by eliminating unnecessary defense programs that do nothing to keep us safe, but rather prevent us from spending money on what does keep us safe," Obama said. The request includes $533.8 billion to fund base defense programs and $130 billion to support overseas contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.…

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