Mac Thornberry: “Our military needs $640 billion to begin the restoration of its forces that the American people expect and need in…”

This is substituting the judgment of the administration for the judgment of Congress by reducing specific weapons systems that had been authorized and appropriated.

It is also a challenging political environment, and to be charged with what I believe is the first function of the Federal Government--to defend the country--is a significant responsibility.

President George Bush, in a different context, talked about the soft bigotry of low expectations.

The reason American troops are still in Germany so long after World War II is American national security interests, not just for Europe, and the threat from Russia, but the importance of Germany to U.S. forces as a transit point going to…