02/14/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"Given the fact that Marine Corps units are called upon to serve our country with very little notice, this high rate of degraded levels increases the risk that these units may be deployed in the future..."
"As we drawdown, our goal is to leave behind an Iraq that is stable."
"So moved."
"These efforts have made it possible for DOD to absorb lower projected growth in the defense budget without, as Chairman McKeon warned last month, 'leav[ing] our military less capable and less able to ..."