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Earlier this month the Obama Administration published its new defense strategy, which will be linked to a reduced budget submission to Congress. As we approach the election and the threat of sequestration there will be increasing demand for changes to both these.
 
As we prepare for the president’s State of the Union speech, it is worth considering if further reductions in defense spending can be achieved while actually increasing our global national security.
 
As we fully comprehend the new 21st Century challenges and leave behind the outdated cold war threats, we at the American Security Project believe that the United Statesmust reassess the need for a massive, complex and realistically unusable nuclear arsenal.

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