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Of all government expenditures, defense spending is the... most stimulative to the economy.

At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted for spending reform, but in a targeted fashion that genuinely changes unsustainable spending trajectories while preserving U.S. defense capacity.

The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget.

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats.

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.

Our national-security strategy must drive our military budget, rather than the budget setting our strategy.

Spending on programs such as national defense and funding the operating budgets of all federal agencies represent only 39 percent of our yearly budget, an all-time low.

Conservatives should insist that defense spending be examined with the same seriousness that we demand in examining the books of those government agencies that spend taxpayer money in the name of welfare, the environment, or education.

We cannot allow anything that's called 'national defense' to justify any and all spending. We need to be very, very careful that we don't overspend and say, 'Oh, that's defense,' when perhaps it isn't.