If you want to double that, you're going to destroy the best military we've ever had.
I think there's a high risk.
If we do not change the sequestration dilemma, if we don't do something about it before the election as a Congress, when...
It's not something I'm very proud of, and it's going to take bipartisanship to undo this.
I would urge you to do it sooner rather than later.
There's a Pearl Harbor in the making here.
You're having to make choices between the retired healthcare costs and fighting this war and future wars.
What I would do is look at conditions for what we expect them to do.
the sequestration is just a really bad idea.
If we go down by 87,000, if there are any major land engagements sustained over a period of time, the Guard and Reserves...
the Defense Department is more than paying its fair share.