11/14/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"For all the heartache caused by the loss of our troops during these wars, no enemy in the field has done more to harm the readiness of our military than sequestration."
"In terms of GDP, over the arc of time, we are the second-lowest level in modern history."
"I think that there is no magic number for the defense budget."
"We are on the low end of defense spending, but we are on the high end of the threat matrix."