[expatpat]

Actually, cuts in defense were inevitable, so this was a free giveaway. Obama is winding down our involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq whatever Congress says. You can’t believe that the Defense cuts wouldn’t be attached to that, like white on rice.

[sickoflibs]

RE :"Actually, cuts in defense were inevitable, so this was a free giveaway. Obama is winding down our involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq whatever Congress says. You can’t believe that the Defense cuts wouldn’t be attached to that, like white on rice."

I heard a few times that the two wars were exempt and the defense cuts, 50% of the total trigger cuts, are to weapons systems and development.