Not only should that be a non-starter from a national security and economic perspective, but it should also be a non-starter from a moral perspective.
Absolutely. We cannot break faith with those that have served and deployed time and time again and were promised the benefits of this retire...
I have got a responsibility to defend this country. And neither Congress nor the President did away with the challenge of terrorism.
Make no mistake, we are succeeding. Ten years after 9/11, we have significantly rolled back Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda's militant allies.
The dysfunctionality of Congress and its inability to confront the issues that we face now.
I believe everything has to be on the table.
It would be irresponsible not to.
We have still got to deal with them.
I truly believe that we do not have to make a choice between fiscal security and national security.
Despite it all, we really have built the finest, most experienced, most battle-hardened, All-Volunteer Force in our Nation's history.
These conflicts have brought untold stresses and strains on our service members, and obviously on their families as well.