I think that if we as Congress would actually say that this is a commitment we want to follow through on, that we could find a way to do it if we are willing to take on entitlements, if we are willing to take on the rest of the budget rather than you all trying to find a way to pass this on to our veterans in the first instance.
Webb emphasizes Congress's responsibility to address budget issues affecting veterans.
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If the government is so repressive that it deliberately kills its own people--that is the standard where you say that government no longer has validity--then it does not matter how powerful that government is.
when you make that determination, you should be making it in the U.S. Congress not by one individual of whichever party who happens to be the President.
I have been in a number of meetings where each of you took us to the woodshed about needing to try harder.
If we stand for anything as a country, then we would have an obligation to declare those sorts of acts of a magnitude that we would not recognize the validity of that government.
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