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Obama-Hagel defense budget is based on dangerous guesswork

By Jed Babbin
Published February 28, 2014 5:00am ET
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Obama-Hagel defense budget is based on dangerous guesswork
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to soldiers about the Army's future during a visit to Fort Eustis, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Hagel is proposing to shrink the Army to its smallest size in three-quarters of a century, hoping to reshape the military after more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan and roped in by fiscal constraints set by Congress. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham)  | The' N. Pham

Release of the 2014 Pentagon budget should have been an epiphany for America’s allies and enemies.

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