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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (308935)	11/3/2006 4:34:29 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575374

re: So what did Clinton end up cutting besides defense? Look it up yourself.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (308935)	11/3/2006 5:17:54 PM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575374

<<<<<<<So what did Clinton end up cutting besides defense?>>>>>>>> You talk as if cutting our defense spending after the cold war was over was a bad thing. I think it was the right thing to do. Read these excerpts from a state of the union speech and tell me that Clinton shouldn't have cut military spending. Sometimes there are better things to spend our money on that building more weapons. Are there any of these programs which we should have spent more money on at the time? _________________________________________________ Tonight I can tell you of dramatic changes in our strategic nuclear force. These are actions we are taking on our own because they are the right thing to do. After completing 20 planes for which we have begun procurement, we will shut down further production of the B - 2 bombers. We will cancel the small ICBM program. We will cease production of new warheads for our sea-based ballistic missiles. We will stop all new production of the Peacekeeper missile. And we will not purchase any more advanced cruise missiles. This weekend I will meet at Camp David with Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation. I've informed President Yeltsin that if the Commonwealth, the former Soviet Union, will eliminate all land-based multiple-warhead ballistic missiles, I will do the following: We will eliminate all Peacekeeper missiles. We will reduce the number of warheads on Minuteman missiles to one and reduce the number of warheads on our sea-based missiles by about one-third. And we will convert a substantial portion of our strategic bombers to primarily conventional use. President Yeltsin's early response has been very positive, and I expect our talks at Camp David to be fruitful. The Secretary of Defense recommended these cuts after consultation with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And I make them with confidence. But do not misunderstand me. The reductions I have approved will save us an additional $50 billion over the next 5 years.