Dan Coats: “It has truly been an honor for me and a privilege to serve for 10 years on the Armed Services Committee. I say without…”

“It has truly been an honor for me and a privilege to serve for 10 years on the Armed Services Committee. I say without reservation that my service on that committee is the most enjoyable aspect of anything I have done in the U.S. Senate. It is a truly bipartisan committee working for one purpose: To strengthen our Armed Forces, and to strengthen our national security, and to provide our men and women in uniform with the very best that we can under obviously difficult budget conditions. It is the first responsibility of government to provide for the common defense. We are proud of the work that our men and women in uniform have done--their dedication, their commitment, their sacrifice, their loyalty, their duty, their honor--all virtues which are in short supply in this country today. There are few institutions left that honor those virtues. The military is one of them.”