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unusual facts about military spending



Del Latta

In 1981, he co-sponsored the Gramm-Latta Omnibus Reconciliation Bill which implemented President Ronald Reagan's economic program including an increase in military spending and some minor cuts in discretionary and entitlement spending.

William Kaufmann

In a report written with John D. Steinbruner in 1991 for the Brookings Institution, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kaufman opined that the U.S. could meet its post-Cold War defense obligations after cutting military spending by a third.


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Aroostook County, Maine

During the post World War II era, much of Aroostook County's economy was dominated by military spending.

Chance for Peace speech

The death of Joseph Stalin on March 5, 1953, briefly left a power vacuum in the Soviet Union and offered a chance for rapprochement with the new regime, as well as an opportunity to decrease military spending.