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Tim Ryan is a Democratic politician from Ohio, known for his service as a U.S. Representative. He has represented Ohio's 13th congressional district since 2003, focusing on issues such as job creation, education, and healthcare. Ryan has been an advocate for manufacturing and has worked to support the middle class in his district. He has also been involved in various initiatives aimed at addressing the opioid crisis in Ohio. In 2020, he ran for the Democratic nomination for President, emphasizing a message of unity and economic opportunity.
Quantity has a quality of its own and we will need more troops if we are to simultaneously destroy ISIS, support the Afghan Government against the Taliban, serve as an effective deterrent to Russian and Chinese aggression, and be prepared…
The Pentagon is going to have to be tougher on cutting waste and controlling spending.
Most importantly, what it does is it assures our allies that we actually are committed, and it deters Russia because they know we have the ability to respond.
The cost of our involvement, the U.S. involvement, is $700 billion. That is a staggering amount to spend on a war you said yourself at the time we are not winning.
Just let me lay out some statistics here: 2,000 Americans have lost their lives. Over 20,000 have been wounded.
How are we coming with it? We are getting calls on this, and this is obviously a pocketbook issue for so many? Are we making some progress on this?
A failure to do so will result in a continued readiness crisis, weakened national security, and ultimately, the loss of American lives.
We do need a strong national defense, but we also must ensure that the needs of the American people here at home are taken care of.
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