During last night’s debate, President Obama once again repeated the false claim that Governor Romney “wants to spend another $2 trillion on military spending that our military’s not asking for.” And he’s likely to repeat it in the days ahead.

However, Defending Defense—a coalition of the Foreign Policy Initiative, Heritage Foundation, and American Enterprise Institute—fact-checked that claim yesterday and showed that it’s false.  They explain:

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