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Events • January 19, 2011 

# The 112th Congress and Military Spending 

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##### Kurt Couchman 

Senior Fellow, Fiscal Policy, Americans for Prosperity

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##### [Benjamin H. Friedman](/people/benjamin-friedman)

Policy Director, Defense Priorities

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Former Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies; Senior Fellow, Stimson Center 

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