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GOP Vet Rep.: Defense Cuts Not ‘Doomsday’ | Freshman Tea Party Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) said that the defense cuts in the trigger mechanism contained in the debt ceiling deal are “not a doomsday for me,” as some are claiming they will be for the military. Pompeo, an Army vet who graduated first in his class from West Point, told the Wichita Eagle editorial board that while he would prefer to not cut the military, “If you’re going to shrink the federal government, you’re going to have to pretty much shrink it everywhere.” “Our national security apparatus is going to have to operate effectively in a constrained fiscal environment as well,” Pompeo said, adding that “we’ll find a way to do our national security mission at those levels” of funding.