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

If you refuse to acknowledge that there is any waste that can be culled from the military budget, you are a big-government conservative, and you cannot lay claim to balancing the budget.

I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced.

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill.

The Pentagon budget, like all government spending, is an expression of priorities.

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

I ask the American people to consider the legacy this administration has handed us in the defense budget as we spend billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars without the tools and ability to track these dollars.

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.