Joe Manchin actually said...

What we're investing in our National Guard is an ability to expand over a period of time--39 days a year they train.

Manchin discusses the training commitment of the National Guard.

03/04/2013

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We have to have the political courage both in facing the budget for fiscal year 2013 and the threat of sequestration.

it's that silence which needs to be corrected by the administration, frankly.

If we accept it, we're not fulfilling our responsibility under the Constitution to provide for the common defense.

We either have to find savings elsewhere or we have to have the political guts to raise revenues to pay for an adequate defense.