America is very near the point of strategic insolvency.
$733 billion ought to be, as my colleague just said, a floor, not a ceiling as you all go forward in your deliberations.
The $733 billion that they're talking about right now is one that is somewhat in danger.
America's fiscal problems must not be solved on the backs of our troops.
The Commission assesses unequivocally, that the NDS is not adequately resourced.
America's military superiority... has eroded, to a dangerous degree.
The strategic landscape is growing steadily more threatening, combined with the fact that America's longstanding militar...
I am troubled by the Commission's unequivocal assessment that our defense strategy is not adequately resourced.
Sending our men and women into harm's way without the training, the equipment, and the resources they need to succeed is...
The Commission advises that we have a need for extraordinary urgency in addressing the crisis of national defense.
The United States confronts a grave crisis of national security and national defense.