Since the cold war gave way to the drug war, the Coast Guard's stock has risen, and against the trend of military cutbacks its budget has actually grown in real terms.

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And even as traditional funding from military sources dries up amid government spending cutbacks, players and ponies are traveling more.

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England's military, one of America's staunchest allies in Afghanistan and Iraq, is facing dramatic cutbacks.

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