Policy Forum 

# Cut the Budget, Change the Strategy 

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Date and Time 

April 4, 2023 4 - 5 PM EDT 

Location 

Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 

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##### Featuring 

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Chris Miller 

Former Acting US Secretary of Defense

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[Justin Logan](/people/justin-logan)

Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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The United States has expansive goals in Europe, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific, and spends nearly a trillion dollars per year on defense. Yet the strategy is still arguably insolvent. Former Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller argues that the defense budget should be cut dramatically to support a fundamentally different grand strategy. Please join Secretary Miller and Justin Logan, Cato’s director of defense and foreign policy studies, for a conversation on defense budgets and strategy.

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