We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Our national-security strategy must drive our military budget, rather than the budget setting our strategy.
The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats.
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.
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.
What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced.
We want to make sure the military gets it right and understands that if they're going to have less money, they're going to have to spend it a lot more smartly.
We could have a budget that brings Americans together.
When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.
If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.