Joe Manchin actually said...

I cannot imagine that people would stand by and deliberately hurt this country in terms of our national defense by letting this take place.

Manchin expresses concern over potential harm to national defense from budget issues.

02/06/2013

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the sequestration is taking on a whole new life of its own.

Just on face value it doesn't make like it's a good business arrangement.

Thank you for the opportunity to appear today before your subcommittee to discuss the Department of the Navy's aviation programs.

We're talking about still the $42.5 billion that needs to be reduced from defense and non-defense between now and the end of September.