Integrated deterrence may sound good in White House meetings, but I can tell you that on the ground in Eastern Europe, and in the South Pacific, it just doesn't fly.

the Biden budget proposes to cut 12,000 soldiers from the Army, an Army currently providing forward-deployed troops to our NATO allies in Eastern Europe.

we would like to see them have that capability because we want--we are in a war for talent.

It fails to keep pace with record inflation.

the budget falls far short of providing our warfighters the resources they need to carry out their mission.

we absolutely still have a requirement for Strykers and Abrams.

It's unacceptable that they be compelled to live by a budget that doesn't fairly recognize this.

the United States military should not be a social engineering experiment.

These retirements represent a huge loss of capability for the Navy and the Marine Corps.

All of this invites a tremendous amount of risk and the risk won't be mitigated for years.

Rather than keeping pace with the threat from China, the President's budget would let them lap us.