In our internal deliberations he spoke in favor of reducing defense expenditures.

在内部讨论时，他表示赞成削减军事开支。

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Reagan was able to vastly increase defense expenditures while Congress did the same with domestic spending with relative ease.

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Which makes one wonder: where are all the economists, wringing their hands over cost-benefit analyses of these defense expenditures?

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President Reagan was able to vastly increase defense expenditures while Congress did the same with domestic spending with relative ease.

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