A key component of this strategic shift is, as Secretary Panetta stated yesterday, a 'Navy that maintains forward presence and is able to penetrate enemy defenses and a Marine Corps that is a middleweight expeditionary force with reinvigorated amphibious capabilities.'
Smith emphasizes the importance of Navy and Marine Corps capabilities in U.S. defense strategy.
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The military is being required to spend resources and time on this, instead of training and preparing to meet the national security needs of the country.
If Democrats take back the House, we will exercise aggressive oversight to stop him from taking over the military and using it for domestic enforcement.
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Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Jacobs), who is the ranking member of the House Equality Caucus and a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
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