Jeff Sessions actually said...

The more, I think, the American people see our men and women in uniform perform, the prouder they are of them.

I strongly believe we don't need to abandon our leadership in space; and second, there may be ways in which we can recognize this symbiotic ...

I firmly believe that we're cutting the number too close and I hope that it's not too late to reevaluate that now.

What was happening politically and morally was we were losing our discipline and people were buying into that language.