Ashton Carter actually said...

It deserves funding. And the reason for that is that we need more fuel efficient jet engines in the future.

Carter emphasizes the importance of funding the ADVENT Program for fuel-efficient jet engines.

05/05/2015

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But--and I want to be clear about this--under sequestration, which is set to return in 211 days, our Nation will be less secure.

It is unfair to the servicemember to make them have to worry about how our government is organized.

I strongly support the President in requesting a defense budget above the artificial caps of the Budget Control Act.

Sequester is purely the fallout of political gridlock.