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Report1212

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Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:03 AM Aug 2012

At Their 1972 Convention, Republicans Boasted Of Cutting Defense Spending To Lowest Point In 20 Year

Wow, this was under Richard Nixon -- a hawk. This party has drifted so far to the right it's insane.

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At the party’s 1972 convention, Republican President Richard Nixon — certainly no dove by any stretch of the imagination — took to the podium and boasted of cutting defense spending:

NIXON: Let’s look at the record on defense expenditures. We have cut spending in our Administration. It now takes the lowest percentage of our national product in 20 years. We should not spend more on defense than we need. But we must never spend less than we need.

Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/in-1972-republican-president-richard-nixon-boasted-of-cutting-military-spending-to-lowest-point-in-20-years/

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