Leon Panetta actually said...

this is an area of the budget that's grown by 90 percent, and it consumes now close to half of the defense budget.

Panetta highlights the rapid increase in personnel costs affecting the defense budget.

02/13/2012

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The majority of our allies are signatories. They have acceded to this Convention.

It would give us the opportunity to be able to engage when it comes to navigational freedoms and navigational rights.

Hopefully by mid to the latter part of 2013, we will be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training, advice, and assist role.

Sequestration and the cuts involved in sequestration would be a disaster for the Defense Department and would truly hollow out our force and...