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Since the end of the Cold War, administrations of both political parties have underfunded the military, first harvesting a “peace dividend” by reducing the size of the force and then repeatedly postponing investments needed to replace worn out equipment and preserve the technological advantages that have been a traditional source of American strength. Now, just as this strain on the military engaged in today’s persistent irregular wars, yet unable to prepare fully for the wars of the future reaches a point of crisis, come new calls to cut the Defense Department’s budget, amplified by the fears of a faltering economy, the federal government’s desire to boost spending elsewhere, and its inability to rein in other spending. Yet the arguments frequently made for Pentagon spending cuts are concocted from a mix of faulty analysis and out-of-context “facts.”
In an April 6 press briefing at the Pentagon, Secretary of DefenseRobert Gates announced sweeping changes in a variety of defensemodernization. Congress and the American people need to understandwhy there are serious contradictions in Secretary Gates's announcedplan.
through russia. they are working closely with us. is there an oil shut down in the gulf they will increase oil supplies to europe. this is not 1956. sean: that was 2 years before russia seized crimea. biden should have known better. joe biden is not a bright and smart person. remember secretary gate s comments. he took a wrecking ball to the u.s. oil and gas industry and killed the keystone pipeline and put restrictions on all new drilling and gave the waiver to vladimir putin to build the nord stream-2 pipeline. biden was trying to appease the