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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Think of the trillions of dollars of debt the US has accumulated from wars, the defense budget, homeland security, etc. The Chinese (and others) are financing this.

想想看美国通过战争积累了数以万亿的美元债务，就想国防部预算，国土安全局等。中国和其他国家就得提供资金支持。

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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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"Even though the Department of Defense is exempt from the budget freeze, it is not exempt from budget common sense."

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

President Obama had threatened to veto his own defense budget if the Congress added $1.75 billion to produce more F-22 Raptor aircraft.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Rick Freedman, head of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Miami, says budget cuts could also wind up costing the state more money.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Finally, Washington should stop treating the defense budget as a form of foreign aid.

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What is more, given the anticipated cutbacks in the defense budget, matters may get worse still.

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With the defense budget being cut, can we afford to ignore cheaper training alternatives?

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