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Senator Proposes Defense Cuts On Eve Of Budget Summit

Julie Samuel

Friday, November 16th, 2012

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A spending hawk in the Senate spelled out $67.9 billion in proposed Pentagon reductions yesterday, on the eve of today’s White House summit with lawmakers on fiscal matters including pending defense cuts. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a report dubbed “Department of Everything” that targets what he calls “non-defense” spending by the Pentagon. He takes aim at items in the Pentagon budget ranging from $6 billion in “non-military research and development” and $700 million spent on “alternative energy” to monies…

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