03/02/2015
https://congress.gov...
"So if you don't deal with those other issues, as I have said repeatedly, you wind up being the person last in line at a buffet where the food is running out."
"After World War I, our Armed Forces shrank from 2.9 million men to 250,000 in 1928."
"the primary role of those forces is not anymore defending the Germans or Italians; it is simply a way that we can be forward-deployed in the areas where our troops are most likely to see combat in the..."
"Let me tell you, everywhere in the budget, every little piece of it, the people who advocate for that piece of it have an outstanding argument for why their piece of it isn't the problem."