SDF officer speaks during budgetary discussion

SDF officer speaks during budgetary discussion

TOKYO, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force officer speaks during a government-led budgetary waste-cutting session in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2009. The panel rejected a 7.2 billion yen request by the Defense Ministry for fiscal 2010 to increase the number of Self-Defense Forces personnel.

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