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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 28. April 2011 / Time Line April 28, 2011
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04/28/2011
Mullen: DOD Must Help Solve Federal Debt Crisis
By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2011 - The Defense Department has to be part of the solution for the country's debt crisis, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen has called the federal debt "the biggest single threat to national security."
It is simple math, the admiral told a Government Executive Magazine leadership forum at the National Press Club. "The worse the financial situation is in the country, the greater the likelihood that resources for national security will go down," he said.
Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Defense Department budget has almost doubled. Having this ready spigot of money "hasn't forced us to make the hard choices," Mullen said...
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