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 Africa or the Middle East.
Thornberry emphasizes the strategic importance of U.S. troops remaining in Germany.
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This is substituting the judgment of the administration for the judgment of Congress by reducing specific weapons systems that had been authorized and appropriated.
I hope we don't give in to those, I hope we remember that the troops should come first.
This issue is important. Members of this committee hear evidence every week that we are not providing our military with the funding they need.
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