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Decrease U.S. Military Spending No. 423Adopted 1994
President Bush, in his recent budget proposal, allocated $419.3 billion to the Department of Defense for fiscal 2006. This represents a 4.8% increase over military spending of 2005. Much of these funds will be designated for the development of National Missile Defense. There is no credible rationale for the level of military spending sought by the Administration. Our military budget is greater than that of the next 14 nations combined, and to increase drastically our military budget at a time of economic troubles and unmet domestic need, is reprehensible. An accurate and reasonable evaluation of the Pentagon's post-Cold War needs would make possible massive reductions of defense spending. ADA supports continued base closings. We recognize possible negative economic impact in specific regions and, in those cases, we call for significant federal and state adjustment assistance for those adversely affected. The continued funding for development and deployment of a Star Wars' ballistic missile defense, which violates the ABM Treaty, should be halted.
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