claim: "inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in iraq and afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."
author: marco rubio
evidence_1: mar 31, 2015 ... and he says even if we don't include the removal of troops from iraq and  afghanistan, it has still declined ... rubio said, "inflation-adjusted defense  spending has declined 21 percent since 2010 and even if we discount the  drawdowns in iraq and afghanistan it has still declined by a dangerous 12  percent.".
evidence_2: politifact florida on monday, november 12th, 2018. mostly true. ctc is ... no  other country in the world even comes close to that." ... "inflation-adjusted  defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount  the drawdowns in iraq and afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12  percent.".
evidence_3: sep 17, 2014 ... yet as the threat of the cold war declined – mostly as a result of reagan's  buildup – our nation's appetite for ... all in all, inflation-adjusted defense spending  has declined 21 percent since 2010. even if we discount the drawdowns in iraq  and afghanistan, it has still declined a dangerous 12 percent.
evidence_4: the dod is experiencing declining budgets that have already led to significant  ongoing and ... the department estimates a 20 percent drop in the overall  defense budget — including ... inflation-adjusted defense base budget between  2010 and 2014. ... demand for depot maintenance as we come out of afghanistan .
evidence_5: apr 29, 2016 ... president obama has slashed defense spending and will leave his ... the air  force has 12 entire fleets of aircraft that qualify for antique ... and compared to  the peak of war-time spending at the height of the wars in iraq and afghanistan ...  "yet this smaller force consumes a budget more than 50 percent ...