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He wants more cuts in weapons spending, and he deserves credit for naming specific systems.
After all, even useless weapons spending does create jobs, at least for a while.
But he has also challenged major weapons spending, like the Seawolf submarine, C-130 transports and B-2 bombers.
And domestic weapons spending would widen the country's budget deficit and divert resources needed to keep the overall economy plugging along.
Both are well-placed to benefit as South Korea and Japan increase their military budgets in response to rising Chinese military spending.Wars and political tension have driven up weapons spending across the globe.
According to a report on nuclear weapons spending by Stephen I. Schwartz and sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment, the budget for nuclear weapons in 2008 was over $52 billion.
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Her rapid ascent has been a contrast to their slow and steady climb: the Weapons spent years building a fan base and this winter signed to Interscope Records, which will release their major-label debut, "You Love You," in the spring.
Building a lot more nuclear weapons and spending a lot more money to build it.
Compare that to nuclear weapons annual spending, which one estimate has at around 52 billion a year, you see that feeding the hungry is a relatively small expense.
Only about one-seventh of the planet's population lives in Europe or North America, but they generate two-thirds of its wealth, own two-thirds of its weapons, and spend more than two-thirds of its R&D dollars.
The Iraqi Parliament, called into special session in Baghdad by Saddam Hussein to debate the United Nations resolution on resuming weapons inspections, spent most of the session today heaping scorn on the idea, but outright rejection seemed unlikely.
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