Steven Palazzo actually said...

It is my sincere hope that the Administration will stop spending time on poorly designed and executed missions such as ARM.

the ARM mission as currently defined may pose an unacceptable cost and technical risk.

its benefits for advancing the knowledge of asteroids and furthering planetary defense strategies are limited and not compelling.

So, you would have us believe that the entire reduction is because of the drawdown of the boots on the ground in Afghanistan and related res...