the greatest immediate threat that our military faces is right here in Washington: fiscal uncertainty, continuing resolutions, arbitrary and inadequate caps on defense spending, 4 more years of the Budget Control Act (BCA), and the threat of sequestration.
McCain highlights fiscal issues as the main threat to military readiness.
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the United States is a great and powerful country, and with that great blessing comes great responsibility.
Major General Robinson, the Air Force has reported a shortage of approximately 2,000 pilots, including a shortage of 950 fighter pilots, essentially unchanged since last year.
We expect you, as part of a new administration, to use these tools, unlike your predecessors.
The American people deserve to know all the facts surrounding Russia's ongoing effort to subvert our democracy, which is why Special Counsel Mueller's investigation must proceed unimpeded.
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