Howard P. McKeon: “As I continue to emphasize, our successes in the global war on terror and in Iraq and Afghanistan appear to be lulling…”

To cut further would require an adjustment of strategy. You concluded that this new strategy would, and I quote, 'Not meet the needs of the Nation in 2020 because the world is not getting any more stable.'

From Aleppo in western Syria to Fallujah in central Iraq, Al Qaeda now controls territory that stretches more than 400 miles across the heart of the Middle East.

This is a threat daily and directly impacting the U.S. homeland, and we need to treat it as a national security imperative.

I am deeply troubled about what sequestration means to these areas of responsibility, which pose existential challenges to this Nation.