How should the U.S. approach the military defense budget?

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Joseph E. Stiglitz

The U.S. should decrease the military defense budget.

I would actually scale back military expenditures which do not stimulate the economy as much as some of these other kinds of expenditures.
2/15/2009 11:31:48 AM

Ben Stein

The U.S. should increase the military defense budget.

a military buildup — and we need one now, desperately
2/14/2009 2:05:13 PM

Barney Frank

The U.S. should decrease the military defense budget.

25 percent cut in military spending
2/13/2009 2:09:38 PM

Dean Andal (R-CA)

The U.S. should increase the military defense budget.

Andal believes the United States isn't devoting enough to defense in developing new weapons systems as well as adequately supplying existing forces.
10/23/2008 3:53:18 PM

Mitt Romney

The U.S. should increase the military defense budget.

We need to increase our investment in national defense
9/5/2008 2:59:19 PM

Ralph Nader

The U.S. should decrease the military defense budget.

Nader/Gonzalez would cut the bloated, wasteful military budget
6/4/2008 12:54:32 PM

Kay Bailey Hutchison

The U.S. should increase the military defense budget.

Greatly Increase Funding
5/10/2008 1:07:40 PM

Ted Turner

The U.S. should decrease the military defense budget.

"Right now, the U.S. is spending $500 billion a year on the military"
4/11/2008 2:14:51 PM

Libertarian Party

The U.S. should decrease the military defense budget.

Save at least $100 billion
4/3/2008 5:11:36 PM

Green Party (USA)

The U.S. should decrease the military defense budget.

"The United States government must reduce our defense budget to half of its current size."
4/2/2008 1:33:43 PM

The Heritage Foundation

The U.S. should increase the military defense budget.

"still rebuilding from the "procurement holiday" forced on the military in the 1990s"
3/24/2008 11:47:30 AM

The Nation

The U.S. should decrease the military defense budget.

"bloated military budget"
2/26/2008 2:21:24 AM

Barack Obama

The U.S. should increase the military defense budget.

"ensure America had the strongest, best-equipped military in the world"
1/28/2008 2:06:49 PM

Fred Dalton Thompson

The U.S. should increase the military defense budget.

Thompson Argues For More Military Spending
11/10/2007 5:21:01 PM

Dennis Kucinich

The U.S. should decrease the military defense budget.

"We need to cut military spending over all by about 25 percent"
9/23/2007 9:19:17 PM