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Old 15th May 2006, 17:13
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Baskitt Kase
 
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I liked this quote from the electronic edition
The defence budget has fallen from £34.6 billion in 1999-2000 to £31 billion in 2004-05 in real terms, putting pressure on the armed forces at a time when senior officers are issuing warnings about overstretch.
Although, I'm certain that pr00ne will be along shortly to show that as the sustained investment that we keep being told about...
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