Angus King actually said...

We should list interest rates as a strategic risk, because it won't be long before interest on the debt will exceed defense expenditures.

Senator King emphasizes the risk of rising interest rates on national debt affecting defense spending.

11/26/2018

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Part of the settlement in that case was we had a military force and the threat of military force.

The other problem that I think deserves attention is that North Korea is a serial proliferator of nuclear technology.

This is a place where we really are in a serious deficit situation.

A cut in the Coast Guard budget, which would further constrain the provision of those assets, would not be in the national interest.