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Budget Busters

POSTED: March 23, 2011, 12:00 am

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As Congress argues over cuts in domestic spending, we call attention to excessive spending on military weaponry. Today's budget buster is the Tomahawk Cruise Missile. Each missile costs close to $1.2 million and the total Tomahawk program cost is $11 billion.

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