01/07/2009
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"I want this committee to know if there is a bad situation next year, that the marines cannot get there, that because of budget problems, we're having to take aircraft out of the fight, redeploy them b..."
"If we go back in sequestration next year, if there is not some relief from sequestration, how much damage will that do to our ability to deal with the threats we just discussed?"
"Would it seriously compromise the ability to defend this Nation?"
"The last time we looked at a strategy-driven budget, not across the board hitting an artificial number, was 2012."