Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2012. The Obama administration’s fiscal year 2013 defense budget halts the unrestrained growth in baseline military spending that has occurred over the last decade, but “The Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Budget: A Report Card,” released by the Center for American Progress yesterday, shows it does little to bring the baseline budget back down from its current level, which remains near historic highs. In addition to grading the proposed cuts, this column also recommends bipartisan defense cuts including reducing F-35 procurement, cancelling the V-22, shrinking the size of the nuclear arsenal, reducing the carrier fleet from 11 to 9, and reducing the procurement of the Littoral Combat Ship.
