James Inhofe actually said...

"The loss of air and maritime assets and associated systems will result in a commensurate loss of capability to effectively execute this mission."

"We need to continue to encourage allies to meet the agreed commitment of a minimum of 2 percent of GDP spending on defense."

"One of the ways our strategy would need to change is we couldn't do . . . what we want to do in the rebalance in the Asia-Pacific theater."

"My assessment is that JIATF-South's ability to perform their statutory 10 U.S.C. Sec. 124 detection and monitoring (D&M) mission will be degraded."