GOP defeated a bid to kill a defense spending project that GOP says it does n't need . Eisenhower says Pentagon critics of government spending voted for at least $ 2.9 billion project . This is about money : pork barrel politics hiding under the noble banner of national defense . He says this was a clear-cut case of a way to cut the budget deficit . Avlon asks how GOP can run on platform of cutting spending while supporting this project .
GOP defeated a bid to kill a defense spending project that GOP says it does n't need . Eisenhower says Pentagon critics of government spending voted for at least $ 2.9 billion project . He says this was a clear-cut case of a way to cut the budget deficit . Avlon asks how GOP can run on platform of cutting spending while supporting this project .