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Term Paper Title	SHOULD CONGRESS DOWNSIZE THE U.S. MILITARY BUDGET ?
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"SHOULD CONGRESS DOWNSIZE THE U.S. MILITARY BUDGET ?"

               The issue of defense of the countru should be priority for every government. It is very good that American government created such strong army with the most modern machines and system of defense.
The United States should be aware of conflicts and terrorists' acts. It costs a lot of money, but safety of citizens should be provided in the first place.
Every American feels, that he is his own country and he can be sure that in case of the war he and his family will be protected.
The US is currently spending close to  $300 billion a year on military spending. In the Past-Cold war period, this represents a vast waste of public capital.
              In my opinion government spends too much money on military. The Congress should downsize the US military budget. Let's  face some facts about situation inside US. United States are leadership country in the whole world  and they are involved in all conflicts happening in the world.
America has the most powerful army in the world, which is fit up with the most modern machines.
Such strong army guarantees the US the highest position among countries. United States already have weapons, which could destroy the world and they still modernize it.
Military spending today is higher than in 1980. In 1980 the government spent  $134  billion for military and  in 1988 this amount was doubled.. In 1994 President Clinton proposed to spend  $264  billion (and only $54 billion to education, only  $7 billion to pollution control). The military budget is nearly as large as the military budgets of all the nations of the world combined.
    America needs a strong army to be prepared for defense from other countries especially from former Soviet Union, whose military is very strong  and contains a lot of nuclear weaponry.
Such amount of dangerous arsenal can be used to initiate the nuclear war. The current atomic weapon of the US and the  USSR add up to 50,000 bombs, which are equivalent to one and a half million Hiroshima bombs.
The nuclear strategy for U...

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