But the base defense budget that we rely on to defend America has to be examined and not unnecessarily weakened, in my o...
I will not allow that relationship of trust to be violated.
I think is it the next year, 2013, that it's projected to go to just $50 billion?
We can't let numbers like that drive the agenda.
I just feel that you have a good ship there.
I appreciate Senator McCain because he's going to be on top of it.
I think we have to ask ourselves, can we continue to maintain that kind of forward deployment of brigades.
I think this is a smart Navy move. I remember when Admiral Clarke proposed it.
I truly believe we have the greatest military the world has ever known.
It is very demoralizing and dangerous to release someone who is going to go back to the war and kill people.
The reason we have a severe financial crisis in America is not because of our military effort.
We need to have this kind of conversation with our allies. They have to participate more.
the United States cannot give away the work of its magnificent military in Afghanistan and Iraq by a too precipitous wit...
For our economy it's better for those troops to be in the United States spending their wealth and creating tax growth fo...
I believe it's the responsibility of Congress to reduce spending. We're going to have to do that.
We need to ask ourselves a few things. All of us want to contain spending...
I believe Senator Levin asked you about deployments in Europe. It's just a matter that's come up again recently. I am of...
I would urge you to--we would tender those to you to consider us working to get rid of redundant, unnecessary rules.
