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.
We are on the low end of defense spending, but we are on the high end of the threat matrix.
My good friend Senator Sanders has an amendment to cut the defense budget by 10 percent.
I think Senator Sanders is right to be asking the Pentagon to be more accountable and transparent.
I think we need to be very clear about the consequences of waste and fraud.
Without national security, Social Security and every other social network hangs in the balance.
If we enact sequestration, would we be shooting ourselves in the foot? He said, 'We would be shooting ourselves in the head.'
the number one goal, in my view, of the Federal Government is to protect us.
NATO without the United States is not a whole lot.
It is also time to end the perennial threats of sequestration and place the Pentagon's budget on a general upwards path in real terms.
The mullahs in Iran have demonstrated that they intend to bully.