Since taking office, the administration has increased baseline military spending overall by 30 percent, a figure that may be difficult to sustain as the U.S. economy seems headed downward and government social spending is strained, especially by health care costs. Democrats vow to scrutinize the new budget, the last by this president. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.