1. Debt Ceiling Bill Could Mean Drastic Reductions in Military Spending
... Veterans Affairs, and intelligence spending. House Speaker John Boehner assured the House Armed Services Committee that the cuts would be spread out over several agencies. However, Representative Mike Coffman of Colorado admitted that the cuts would be "ugly" for the Defense Department, although Representative Howard McKeon of California and also the committee's chairman said he would not accept any cuts over ... Republicans feared they would be taken advantage of in the future and withheld their vote until the very last minute. "This is political kabuki," said Gordon Adams, a professor...
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