04/08/2024
https://www.congress.gov...
"At $3.4 billion, the overall Department of Defense fiscal year 2017 budget request for the European Reassurance Initiative is four times the amount requested last year."
"There is no substitute for presence in our ability to project power."
"I've been very concerned about the build-up of the Chinese Navy. This is a real issue that concerns me as China has been more and more aggressive."
"It is a small amount of money, and it has done a lot of good."