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If Congress doesn't set its defense priorities clearly, there is a risk that the the budget cutting super-committee will slash military spending in a way that will hamper our ability to defend against real and near-term threats to the United States, our allies, and interests. Tasked with proposing a plan to cut more than $1 trillion over ten years by a Thanksgiving deadline, the Joint Select Committee on Budget Reduction should look to a key Senate committee's guidance on how to responsibly reduce military spending.

The Senate Appropriations Committee, in a unanimous bi-partisan vote, has proposed a sensible approach that should be used as a model for maintaining a strong defense in this time of austere budgets. The plan reigns in long-term spending on a wish-list item, a yet-to-be-developed missile system, while redirecting a portion of the savings to fund an adequate supply of proven missiles that defend against the most immediate threats facing the country.!

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