Budget Effects Of Bin Laden's Death May Tarry

By Jen DiMascio, Amy Butler .

The death of Osama bin Laden may prompt calls to quicken the pace of withdrawal from Afghanistan and to magnify the push to cut defense dollars, but those are not coming from the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters May 2 that the Al Qaeda leader’s death had changed little on either front ...

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