Howard P. McKeon: “Too many appear to believe that we can maintain a solid defense that is driven by budget choices, not strategic ones.”

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.'

In my view, the President's approach is fraught with unnecessary risk.

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

I worry about this, especially as we consider the strategic implications of recent events on the Korean Peninsula.