I called all five Service Chiefs, including the Guard, and asked them... if you could take that and operate within that and make the determinations as to where those cuts would be, would that be less devastating than if you just went ahead and did it with the straight-line cuts? They all said yes.
Inhofe explains his consultation with Service Chiefs regarding budget cuts and their preferred approach.
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