08/22/2004
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"As President Trump assumes the awesome responsibilities of his office, he has inherited a world on fire and a U.S. military weakened by years of senseless budget cuts."
"I was appalled when the Defense Business Board recommended making $125 billion in cuts over 5 years."
"As Chairman McCain has noted in his just-released White Paper, the combined effects of nearly $1.5 trillion of cuts over a decade have been devastating to our military."
"Like sequestration, it is kind of a cowardly act because it is authentication that we cannot make the tough decisions ourselves."