Sanders proposes deep cuts to military funding at campaign launch

Published March 2, 2019 7:25pm ET



Sen. Bernie Sanders, proposed deep cuts to military spending in in favor of ambitious government programs at his campaign launch Saturday.

In front of an open crowd and freezing weather in Brooklyn, N.Y., the independent-turned-Democratic-presidential-hopeful held his first rally of the campaign, where he laid out a broad road map to what a Sanders presidency would look like. Included in the plan is scaling down the Pentagon’s budget.

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