Top Senate Democrats have prepared a plan to slice the Pentagon's budget by $3 billion a year in an attempt to avoid far steeper cuts this year that defense hawks warn would cripple the military.
Senate Democrats Craft Bill To Avert Budget Cuts
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press, San Diego Union-Tribune Nation
Mon, 02/11/2013 - 10:08am
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