12/02/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"I worry that President Obama's proposed defense budget is based more on, in my view, what was irresponsible in what we did in the Budget Control Act (BCA)..."
"This is unacceptable. We must learn from BRAC 2005."
"We cannot afford to do this again."
"You can't renegotiate the front end once the back end is done. This is an obligation that has been made to people whose military careers are now done."