02/23/2016
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"from 2001 to 2014, the Active-Duty military has shrunk by 4 percent while the number of civilian defense employees has grown by 15 percent."
"we need a budget agreement. We need the administration, we need the Senate, the House to come to a workable number that we can agree to get rid of the sequestration and the Budget Control Act"
"We need a budget agreement. We need the administration, we need the Senate, the House to come to a workable number."
"We cannot afford to be at war because we did not have the capable military force to deter all foreign forces."