10/18/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dunford, said, in just a few years, if we do not change our trajectory, we will lose our qualitative and quantitative competitive advantage."
"It is no secret that our readiness has eroded over the past 8 years."
"We have slain a large dragon, the Soviet Union, but we live now in a jungle with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes."
"During that Administration, when I would travel around Oklahoma, constituents would be amazed at the fact that we had a President who was opposed to fossil fuels, coal, oil, and gas, and I might add, ..."