Richard B. Nugent: “We cannot default on that promise.”

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.

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

People forget that there is actually flesh and blood, parents and children, of those young men and women that are serving this country. They forget there are real people in those uniforms. And so that is why this is so important.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…