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June 27, 2017

U.S. Conference of Mayors Passes Resolutions Calling on Military Increases to Fund U.S. Cities
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors has unanimously passed three resolutions
denouncing President Trump's budget and calling on him to reallocate the
proposed military spending increases to instead help U.S. cities.
Trump's proposed 2018 budget calls for an unprecedented $54 billion
increase in military spending. The resolutions call on some of this
money to be reallocated to fund environmental, health, housing and
antipoverty programs, as well as international diplomacy aimed at
reducing the threat of nuclear war.


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