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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But let's be honest, in a five hundred and thirty billion dollar defense budget, there's going to be room for some savings.

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In contrast, in absolute dollar terms, defense spending actually declined slightly between those two years.

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Nationally, Democrats can't be protective of Social Security and Medicaid and Republicans can't hold on to every defense dollar.

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