Tom Cotton actually said...

Deploying large numbers of American military forces onto foreign soil to nation-build vice accomplishing a defined mission is counter-produc...

We have to contend with increasing personnel and procurement costs at a time when defense budgets are decreasing.

Our defense strategy must contend with non-state and transnational actors; a rising economic and military powerhouse in China.

The pace and tenor of our lives has been irrevocably altered by the acceleration of change.