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In his letter, Coburn notes that inflation-adjusted base Pentagon spending (that is, the figure excluding the additional costs for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan) rose from $407 billion in 2001 to $553 billion -- a 36% increase -- by 2011. "Supplemental" spending to cover the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will add a further $159 billion in 2011.

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Read Tom Coburn's Memo here

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I’m certain you could find savings in a budget as huge as that of the Department of Defense, but entitlements are the real issue in the long term budget forecast. Even if Defense spending was reduced to zero there would still be budget deficits as SS, Medicare/Medicaid, and interest on the debt consume the entire federal budget.