I am the chairman of the Military Personnel Committee, so all of these ceilings and floors on military strength falls under my purview at first... We also re-added to the floor that we put there now 7,500 new slots, and so as not to get into micromanaging, we told the Secretary of Defense, fine gentleman, Mr. Perry, 'Look, here is 7,500 birds. You need them in Patriot missile batteries. You may need them in the Air Force and AWAC's. You may need them in the Marine Corps in certain areas where the Marines are stretched too thin. You pick them out for us, and, if we have disagreement with you, try not to micromanage. We will counsel together and figure out where we can put these slots.'
Robert Dornan: “I am the chairman of the Military Personnel Committee, so all of these ceilings and floors on military strength falls…”
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Discussing military personnel and resource allocation during a House floor speech.
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