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Thanks to the decline in world oil prices, the Pentagon hopes to save up to $2 billion during the next fiscal year on fuel purchases. Defense Department officials say the manner in which such savings will be used--earmarked for other defense programs or simply cut from the budget as part of the effort to trim the deficit--is a matter that must be decided by Congress.
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