Richard Shelby: “the taxpayer gets two satellites with only five instruments for $12 billion and a launch date delayed until 2016.”

At the same time, North Korea is testing missiles reportedly capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.

And let's not forget China as it continues to build military capability and capacity at an unprecedented pace.

I'm also concerned that inflation will reduce the Army's buying power.