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It's ever been. and our country has regained the respect that we used to have long ago abroad. yes, they are respecting us again. yes, america is back. [cheering and applause] we have begun the great rebuilding of the united states military. we have ended the disastrous defense sequester. no money for the military, those days are over. [applause] and we have just secured -- you've read all about it -- a
President trump explaining his commitment to military during a commencement address at the naval academy this morning. >> president trump: we have ended the disastrous defense sequester. no money for the military. those days are over. next year, we are committing even more to our defenses. we are committing even more to the veterans. we know the best way to prevent war is to be fully prepared for war. >> sandra: retired four-star general, jack keane and a strategic analyst. it's always gold to see you. thank you for being here. the bill, first of all, do you like it? >> very much so. this is t...
Through strength. we have finally ended the devastating defense sequester you have lived with for many years. we are now undertaking the largest military buildup since ronald reagan and one of the largest buildups we have ever had in the history of our nation. last year, i requested and received an additional $21 billion to address the urgent shortfalls. the two-year budget agreement i just reached with congress will provide $700 billion in defense funding this year, the largest ever. larger by far than any country has ever spent. and next year, we will raise that number $2,716,000,000,000. $2...
So we have kept our promises, i said, to rebuild our military. eliminating the defense sequester, which is a disaster. and i don't know if you saw the number $700 billion, you know ultimately that comes before everything else. we can talk about hotlots of things. if we don't have a strong military, you might be allowed into this room some day, okay. you may not have your houses, your homes, your beautiful communities, we better take care of our military, these are the greatest people and we're going to take care of our veterans, we're going to take care of the vets. we have been doing a good j...
Eliminating the defense sequester, which is a disaster. and i don't know if you saw the number $700 billion, ultimately that comes before anything else. if we don't have a strong military, you might not be allowed into this room some day, okay. you may not have your houses, your homes, your beautiful communities. we better take care of our military, these are the greatest people. and we're beginning to take care of our veterans. we've been doing a good job on the vets. and after years of rebuilding other nations -- we rebuild other nations, we rebuild other nations that have a lot of