Richard Blumenthal actually said...

preserving peace, not fighting wars.

Well, it strikes me--and I'm out of time, so we can pursue this in another channel--that, yes, money is diverted to deficit reduction when p...

Isn't the vast majority of the dollars that passengers pay going into security and only a small proportion going to deficit reduction?

As you know, in 2013, Congress passed a measure reducing the deficit as part of a major budget compromise.