[South Dakota]

It would be different if the government was cutting all their programs but they will not do that. Any politician that cut entitlements will be kicked to the curb, not so with the defense budget.

Also, the cuts to the military will be spent somewhere else

Obama wants to fund globull warming research

[Phlyer]

Also, the cuts to the military will be spent somewhere else

Actually, they're already being spent somewhere else, even though they're still in the defense budget.

I don't think the defense budget needs to be funding millions for AIDS research, or global warming / green energy research, or a host of other topics that are not really defense.

After 8 years of Clinton, over 25% of the "defense" budget was spent on liberal social-justice topics like the above-mentioned AID research. Obama is on track to make it 50%, and that doesn't include all the 'nation building' that DoD pays for that is really nothing but foreign aid.

So, if there room to cut in the defense budget? Absolutely. And it can be done without reducing any present military capability (including things like spare parts or fuel for training as well as service personnel pay) or future capability (ongoing or future procurement of new weapons systems).

On the other hand, since at least 25% of the current spending already belongs somewhere else, your point that it might move there is certainly valid.