12/15/2024
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"It is a budget without strategy, disconnected from the threats and challenges that must be contained."
"That is why sequestration is a disaster. That is why we need to build up our military, but you cannot do it by cutting everything else."
"I do support increasing our troop presence in Afghanistan as an insurance policy against another 9/11."
"If we are not in Afghanistan, you are going to pay a heavy price because that place will fall apart."