Military presence makes Washington vulnerable to cuts

Defense spending soared in Washington state last year, even as the specter of long-anticipated budget cuts drew closer. The Pentagon steered $9.2 billion worth of work on military contracts to the Evergreen State in the 2012 budget year, up from $8.1 billion in 2011, according to records at the federal spending database usaspending.gov.

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