03/08/2011
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"I have seen the obvious necessity of our military power. But I have also heard almost universally from our commanders in the field how necessary it was to have also the soft power handled by the State..."
"If we do not lift the budget caps from 2 years ago, effectively, we are robbing Peter to pay Paul."
"I realize we cannot maintain the strongest military at the expense of our domestic priorities."
"We cannot be both militarily strong but economically weak."