Joe Manchin actually said...

we also ought to have a Republican alternative, if there is one, so we can see exactly what the options are in that regard.

I'm troubled by this.

To me, we could cut back on contractors and basically put a certain amount of that towards our men and women in uniform.

As a West Virginian, and the people in West Virginia support the military as strong as any State that I know of, we believe that we can stre...