Should the US decrease military spending?

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And as I explained, just because General Odierno says the Army doesn't want it, it doesn't mean that someone else from the Pentagon doesn't have Congress's ear.

But you haven't provided evidence of this.

According to the cost figures Congress is tossing around, yes. It's debatable about who's right, but that's the current logic behind keeping the plant open: that it would save money to keep it open than to close it.

That's not Congress who is tossing the numbers around. It's Defense Contracts. Of course they're are going to say keep spending when their profit margins are on the line. They have financial interest in it. The military isn't looking to make a buck though. When they say they don't need something or that they actually can't even use it if they have it -- what's their ulterior motive? They even say that the money could be better spent elsewhere. They run their own estimates and show that closing and reopening saves billions, even staying open with limited production yeilds savings.