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March 17, 2011

Will Republicans Side With Haley Barbour on Afghanistan?

Will Republicans Side With Haley Barbour on Afghanistan? Haley Barbour has broken with most of his likely Republican rivals in the still-evolving presidential primary field, calling for the U.S. to shrink its involvement in Afghanistan. “I think we need to look at that,” the Mississippi governor told reporters in Iowa when asked if the U.S.…
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March 17, 2011

POLITICO – Tim Pawlenty says defense spending should remain, opposite of Barbour’s recent comments

POLITICO – Tim Pawlenty says defense spending should remain, opposite of Barbour’s recent comments AIKEN, S.C. — A day after Haley Barbour called for cuts in defense spending, Tim Pawlenty went the other way. “I don’t think we should be talking about cutting the Pentagon’s budget,” the former Minnesota governor told POLITICO after a speech…