U.S. President Barack Obama's administration looks to be in for a tough time in selling its proposed 2012 defense budget, with opposition rising against almost every reduction, cut and slice proposed in military programs. Fierce opposition to some of the cost-saving measures was evident during a Jan. 26 House Armed Services Committee hearing here in which the panel's new Republican chairman, Rep. Howard "Buck" McK-eon of California, said he "will not support any measures that stress our forces and jeopardize the lives of our men and women in uniform. I will also oppose any plans that have the potential to damage or jeopardize our national security."
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