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Associated Press File Photo In this July 18, 2008 file photo, calories of each food item appear on a McDonalds drive-thru menu in New York. The new FDA proposal could take effect sometime in 2012, enforcing calorie counts on all fast food menus.
A Navy officer salutes during the inactivation ceremony for the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in Norfolk, Va. (AP)
The phrase “fiscal cliff” has dominated much of the nation’s political news recently, and so have talks surrounding the defense budget in light of international conflict.
The John Goodwin Tower Center’s National Security Conference held on campus several weeks ago, zeroed in on the close relations between the two. Professor James Hollifield said that since the conference, talk surrounding the defense budget and its dependence on the issues regarding the fiscal cliff has continued and escalated.
“If we go off this so-called fiscal cliff, are there going to be deep cuts in the defense budget?”
Hollifield said it’s that question that is dominating many negotiations between “the president and the Republican