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In this handout provided by CBS News, General Martin Dempsey appears on
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012

Open quoteThis budget is a first step—it's a down payment...this budget does not lead to a military in decline.Close quote

  • GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY,
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, on the budget outlined by the Pentagon on Jan. 26 that will cut 100,000 ground troops by 2017
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