Richard B. Nugent: “This is a decision that essentially takes the 'air' out of 'airborne.'”

You know, without maritime lift capacity, my sons that are all in the Army are going to be kind of hard-pressed just because you can't put a Paladin or an Abrams--you can't carry very many on an aircraft.

At some point in time I think we have to start making decisions about where we fight because what we don't want to do is break the Marine Corps or the Army for that matter.

I think we can do that, but I think we need to avoid as some people are trying--seeing Kurds as the solution to this problem.

They feel underappreciated. You know, they are not security guards; they are Capitol Police.