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Republicans Revive Push For Setting DoD Funds At 4 Percent GDP

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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Two congressional Republicans have renewed their thus-far-unsuccessful plan to set the base defense budget at 4 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The joint resolution offered late last week in Congress by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) faces hurdles on Capitol Hill, which is buzzing with predictions of cuts to Pentagon weapon programs. Inhofe introduced the resolution last Thursday after lamenting the lack of Pentagon modernization pending in the economic-stimulus bill lawmakers…

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