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As Washington searches for politically feasible ways to bring down its deficits, Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts said Monday morning that lawmakers should start with cuts to defense spending.
Following the battle over raising the nation's debt ceiling, rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded America's credit because of both deficit problems and apparent political turmoil. On CBS' "The Early Show," Frank said that defense cuts is one proposal for deficit reduction that should get bipartisan support.
He added that defense cuts should come before other spending cuts because it is the "one area in American policy where we are doing things disproportionate to the rest of the world."
"We don't give our older people more medical care, we don't have a better retirement, we don't spend more on the environment," he said. "Where America is disproportionate is our willingness to be the military policemen for the whole world."
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