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The new defense budget: Fancy fighters out. More troops in.

Gates says 187 of these are enough. We'll see what Congress says. Gates says 187 of these are enough. We'll see what Congress says.

Gates says 187 of these are enough. We'll see what Congress says.

Angie Drobnic Holan
By Angie Drobnic Holan April 8, 2009

Defense Secretary Robert Gates unveiled a new budget on April 6, 2009, that called for an end to big-ticket items in favor of troops fighting today's wars.

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