Joe Manchin actually said...

If you cannot make the changes that you made--if someone--I think we gave legislation that you could fire some of the people who are----

Inquiring about the authority to fire personnel for necessary changes.

01/20/2016

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The Active component/Reserve component is at appropriate levels.

the sequester and its caps are the law of the land.

I find that to be a reasonable target.

This budget largely ignores the caps that are in place under current law.