Indian political leaders and bureaucrat

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Kalam backs India's defence expenditure
Mumbai, Feb. 8. (PTI): Justifying India's defence expenditure, President A P J Abul Kalam today said it was necessary to "defend the country's economic and political freedom" and prevent recurrence of invasion of the nation by foreign powers.

"Our country is surrounded by nations, some of them possess arms and nuclear arsenal," Kalam said, adding that in order to safeguard India's "political and economic freedom" the expenditure on defence was a must.

The President was replying to a poser by a student how a poor country like India could afford to spend so much on its defence, at a programme here.

Recounting the history of India, Kalam said in the past it was invaded many a time. "We should not allow that situation to repeat again", he emphasised