Council decides request to cut defense funds ‘unwise’ After months of lobbying by county peace activists, several members of the Montgomery County Council drafted a resolution calling for the Pentagon to drastically cut military spending and “end wars abroad.” But that measure has been spiked after the county’s largest defense contractor made its displeasure known and Virginia began courting that contractor.
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