Cheney Urges Republicans to Prevent Defense Spending Cuts
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney told fellow Republicans in Congress that U.S. defense readiness will suffer if lawmakers don’t avert across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to begin in January.
Cheney, who was President George H.W. Bush’s defense secretary from 1989 to 1993, said during a private meeting with Senate Republicans today that the 10-year cuts totaling $500 billion would be “devastating” to military modernization, planning and readiness for the next war, South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham told reporters.