A few minutes ago, Contessa Brewer had on former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, one of that vanishing breed of moderate New England Republicans, and asked him “about this cut in defense spending.” To his credit, Cohen corrected her: “By the way, it’s not a cut. It’s a four percent increase.”
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Note the chyron, too:

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