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To: Bill who wrote (437140)	7/25/2011 1:41:31 PM
From: DMaA	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793895

$1 trillion of Reid's "cuts" come from expected savings from troop withdrawals from Afghanistan. But I'm sure the other 1.7 trillion are completely legitimate. But Reid's plan was already being privately rejected by Republicans concerned that the cuts it contains would prove illusory, particularly $1 trillion or so in savings claimed by troop cuts in Iraq and Afghanistan over the coming decade. Reid counters that House Republicans claimed the same savings windfall when they passed their budget earlier this year.