Political Quotes

“I hope they will be well taken on the floor tomorrow. Let me go back to what we actually have in terms of a defense apparatus that he spoke so eloquently about. As I have said, we have gone from 18 to 10 Army divisions, 24 to 13 fighter air wings, 546 Navy ships to 346, all since Desert Storm. Now what does Congress and what does the President owe to the American people in terms of national security? According to the Constitution, the President is the Commander in Chief. The Congress is charged with raising the navies and the armies necessary to defend America. Well, what is that? Well, over the years, we have come to the conclusion that we have to be prepared to fight two wars almost at the same time. The reason we have to be prepared for that is because if we get in a conflict in Korea or in the Middle East and we get our military tied down in that area, there is a chance that somebody else on the other side of the globe is going to look at that as an opportunity to do something, like invade South Korea, for example, or do something else along that line. So we have to be prepared to fight two wars at about the same time.”