Ashton Carter actually said...

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

Yes, I am concerned about the risk the Department of Defense (DOD) is forced to accept in global infrastructure maintenance.

Congress could also help mitigate the long-term impacts of this underfunding by authorizing another round of BRAC as requested in the Presid...

A nickel and dime approach to defense, as you say, is not the right one. We need a longer horizon than that.