Jane Harman: “I have always believed we need to modernize our military by focusing on tomorrow's battles, not yesterday's. As such, I…”

“I have always believed we need to modernize our military by focusing on tomorrow's battles, not yesterday's. As such, I strongly believe Congress can do more to embrace the revolution in military affairs. Similarly, we need to modernize our forces and continue development of advanced precision strike capabilities, like the B-2 Stealth bomber, and heavy lift capability, like the Air Force's C-17. In fact, I have always called the C-17 my fifth child. The committee has started to address the imbalance in the tooth-to-tail ratio, and I commend it for that. In our defense downsizing, we have cut too much of our combat ability, the tooth, and left a disproportionate amount of our support structure, the tail.”