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publicradiointernational: nationalpost: U.S.’s leaner military ‘turning a page’ on a decade of war: Obama President Barack Obama, rolling out a new defense strategy to shrink the country’s armed forces at a time of tight budgets at home, pledged on Thursday to maintain the United States as the world’s dominant military power.But Obama, anticipating attacks from his Republican rivals in an election year over the proposed $489 billion in defense cuts over the next 10 years, said the reductions would be limited and not come at the expense of America’s military might.“Our military will be leaner but the world must know – the United States is going to maintain our military superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats,” Obama told a news briefing at the Pentagon.To get a sense of the size of the U.S military, here is our graphic from earlier last year, looking at the scale of America’s forces. Fantastic graphic. High-res

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U.S.’s leaner military ‘turning a page’ on a decade of war: Obama
President Barack Obama, rolling out a new defense strategy to shrink the country’s armed forces at a time of tight budgets at home, pledged on Thursday to maintain the United States as the world’s dominant military power.

But Obama, anticipating attacks from his Republican rivals in an election year over the proposed $489 billion in defense cuts over the next 10 years, said the reductions would be limited and not come at the expense of America’s military might.

“Our military will be leaner but the world must know – the United States is going to maintain our military superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats,” Obama told a news briefing at the Pentagon.

To get a sense of the size of the U.S military, here is our graphic from earlier last year, looking at the scale of America’s forces.

Fantastic graphic.

(Photo reblogged from publicradiointernational)

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