By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Despite a shrinking national economy and a record defense budget, United States neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks are mounting a spirited - if misleading - campaign to persuade Congress that the military should get a bigger slice.
They are calling on Congress and President Barack Obama to boost military spending next year even beyond the projections made by the administration of former president George W Bush as to what would be needed.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
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