Joe Manchin actually said...

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...

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

I'm troubled by this.

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