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To: Bill who wrote (1854)	4/6/2006 1:21:22 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

But Reagan had his star wars ideas- I seem to recall he was putting some serious money into the military, rather than actually saving any- but I'd have to look at the numbers, since I am not able to remember figures exactly. u-s-history.com yes, it appears I remember correctly- I hadn't realized just how much he had increased military spending- wow - "By the time Reagan stepped down from the helm, he had expanded the U.S. military budget to a staggering 43% increase over the total expenditure during the height of the Vietnam war. That meant the increase of tens of thousands of troops, more weapons and equipment, not to mention a beefed-up intelligence program." Not exactly what I'd call a cut in defense...