W. Todd Akin: “And so I want to extend my personal thanks for the fact that what you don't see here just for a few minutes' discussion…”

I am a huge state's right guy, but the military is a federal thing and that is why I think it should be there.

The men and women who volunteer to serve our Nation put themselves at great risk, and we owe them a great debt of gratitude and honor.

I know the party voters took a look at our hearts, understood who we were, had a chance to meet us in many, many different ways, and made a decision, and it makes me uncomfortable to think that the party bosses are going to dictate who…

If an aircraft costs more to fly but is flown less by more experienced pilots in the Air National Guard component, wouldn't it make fiscal sense to put those aircraft in the Air National Guard rather than the Active Air Force?