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Frank and Colleagues (Ron Paul!!!) Scrutinize Military Spending [Shortened Title]
Congressman Barney Frank's Office ^ | May 27, 2010 | Barney Frank, Ron Paul, Walter Jones, and Ron Wyden

Posted on 06/18/2010 4:44:43 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

As Congress considers appropriating hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for the Department of Defense, a bipartisan group of legislators today announced an initiative to urge the President’s deficit reduction commission to reduce military spending as part of government efforts to address the budget deficit. At a press conference today, Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA), Ron Paul (R-TX), and Walter Jones (R-NC), along with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), released a copy of their joint letter to the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and outlined their plans for forcing serious consideration of spending that has long been considered a sacred cow.

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“The four of us strongly believe that unless there is a substantial reduction in American military spending over a ten-year period, close to slightly over a trillion dollars, you simply cannot deal with deficit reduction in a way that is economically and socially responsible,” said Congressman Frank.

(Excerpt) Read more at house.gov ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: barneyfrank; birdsofafeather; frank; lovepower; paul; paulbots; paulestinians; paulkucinich08; paulkucinich12; paulobama2012; rinoronpaul; ronpaul
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O.K., Paulbots, defend THIS!!!!

VIDEO

Joint Letter to National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

1 posted on 06/18/2010 4:44:44 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
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To: rodguy911; Canedawg; TexasCajun; Brices Crossroads; free me; justsaynomore; ...

Checkmate PING!!!


2 posted on 06/18/2010 4:45:39 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner; humblegunner

Getting out the popcorn. :-)


3 posted on 06/18/2010 4:46:20 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

bttt


4 posted on 06/18/2010 4:46:31 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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And here are the specific details of their proposal...!

Frank touts domestic benefit of military cuts

5 posted on 06/18/2010 4:48:04 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Beautiful, VR. ;)


6 posted on 06/18/2010 4:48:20 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

I wonder if Frank and Paul will meet at Frank’s house for a nice glass of wine and sit by the fire while they study the budget.


7 posted on 06/18/2010 4:48:24 PM PDT by mnehring
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And here's the actual report (PDF):

Debt, Deficits, & Defense: A Way Forward

8 posted on 06/18/2010 4:50:37 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...

Surprised why? Thanks Virginia Ridgerunner.


9 posted on 06/18/2010 4:50:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
ron paul is a friggin' anti America jerk*** that would better fit into a 60’s commune rather than in government.

LLS

10 posted on 06/18/2010 4:59:11 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
This is a quote from someone, referring to Barney Frank:

"He's supportive of our troops," Bernier said. "He's just saying we should take a look at taking care of our own instead of taking care of the rest of the world."

Yeah, right. These leeches just want money for their own pet projects to keep getting votes from their parasitic voter base. Meanwhile, our troops get the short end of the stick.

11 posted on 06/18/2010 5:02:14 PM PDT by Sister_T ("Calling ILLEGAL aliens "immigrants" is like calling shoplifters 'customers'!"-UCFRoadWarrior ><>)
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To: Sister_T

Sorry, I should have mentioned where this quote came from. It came from the article in the opening post. It’s the last quote in the article.


12 posted on 06/18/2010 5:03:12 PM PDT by Sister_T ("Calling ILLEGAL aliens "immigrants" is like calling shoplifters 'customers'!"-UCFRoadWarrior ><>)
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To: mnehring

At the end of the joint letter, check out who some of the members of the “commission” are with....


13 posted on 06/18/2010 5:05:09 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

“commission” should read” task force.”


14 posted on 06/18/2010 5:07:11 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
I have long suspected that Ron Paul not only shares many things with Barney Frank but co-mingles them as well.
15 posted on 06/18/2010 5:08:38 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (DeMint 2012)
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To: Larry Lucido

Paul in bed with Frank. Heh!


16 posted on 06/18/2010 5:09:35 PM PDT by rintense
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
... or, to phrase it in such a way that the average Paulestinian might readily understand:

FURP!

;)

17 posted on 06/18/2010 5:09:52 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Well it will help pay for Paul’s earmarks don’t you know.


18 posted on 06/18/2010 5:13:00 PM PDT by Clyde5445 (Gov. Sarah Palin: :"You have to sacrifice to win. That's my philosophy in 6 words.")
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To: rabscuttle385

Defend this, Paultard...


19 posted on 06/18/2010 5:16:15 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Wusses! Only a 25% cut? Do away with the military altogether
and fund a domestic force to maintain order and support the
Fuhrer.
20 posted on 06/18/2010 5:22:40 PM PDT by JimSEA
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