Cutting EAS spending won't even dent the budget deficit. Our budget deficit is roughly 3% GDP and DOD spending is 5% GDP and going higher. Last balanced budget had DOD spending at 3.5% GDP and higher taxes. The country will never have a balanced budget with a military build up agenda and history proves so. If we should reduce spending like you want, the most obvious area is DOD followed by social security, cutting EAS spending is chump change.