Richard B. Nugent: “I simply fail to understand why the idea of putting a budget in place is viewed by some as extreme.”

I absolutely appreciate the chairman doing that and would love to work with him.

Eliminating the ability to rapidly mobilize, train, and deploy... increases risk at an unacceptable rate.

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

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.