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Pentagon budget 'loaded with fat'

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- For lawmakers on the hunt for budget savings, the Pentagon's $500 billion budget is a great place to start.

That's the message from the progressive Institute for Policy Studies, which argues that the United States spends far too much money on fancy military toys, and not enough on the soft power of diplomacy.