Others turned their attention to a proposal by representative Jeff Flake to cut $18 million from the defense budget.

其他人将注意力转向代表人 Jeff Flake ，他提议要将国防预算削减1800万美元。

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The Department of Defense is under pressure to cut close to a trillion dollars from its budget over the next 10 years, so there's a lot of talk around the Pentagon about what can go and what can't.

现在，美国国防部在各方面的压力下，不得不削减未来十年内的一万亿美元预算，对于五角大楼在什么方面可以削减，什么方面不能削减，人们对此有很多不同意见。

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According to a AAAS analysis, the NIH bio defense budget, administered primarily by the us National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, faces a 0.7% cut.

根据美国科促会的一个分析，美国过敏性和感染性疾病国立研究院将首先执行国立卫生研究院生物防范项目的预算，这些预算有0.7%的削减。

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Every dollar of waste in our defense budget is a dollar we can't spend to support our troops or prepare for future threats or protect the American people,".

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And it must do so within a defense budget being shrunk to help contain mammoth fiscal deficits.

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To some, this amount is prohibitively high when added to a defense budget they already claim must be reduced.

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And I firmly believe, and I think the American people understand, that we can keep our military strong and our nation secure with a defense budget that continues to be larger than roughly the next 10 countries combined.

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