As both candidates have acknowledged, large savings could be made in the Pentagon’s civilian administration and contracting — not to speak of soaring salary and benefit costs, which take 30 percent of the defense budget. But Mr. Romney would have to find hundreds of billions of dollars to fund the 2010 Pentagon wish list, and much more for the 4 percent goal. Given his unwillingness to contemplate tax increases or other revenue measures, military spending is one more area where Mr. Romney’s math doesn’t add up.
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