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Defense Budget Quotes

Leon Panetta quote: "When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense..."
When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget. Leon Panetta
In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Jennifer Granholm
Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures. Jennifer Granholm
Jon Huntsman, Jr. quote: "If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking..."
If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough. Jon Huntsman, Jr.
There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force. Ted Stevens
If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.' Mitch Daniels
Vicky Hartzler quote: "I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could..."
I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely. Vicky Hartzler
It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops. Pete Stark
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. Rick Larsen
Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs. Herman Kahn
James Talent quote: "We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an..."
We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army. James Talent
Defense spending as a share of the economy dropped significantly during the early 1990s, and that was one of the things, along with other policy changes, that put us back on the path to a balanced budget. Peter Orszag
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. Paul Gillmor
I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out. Stuart Symington
What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget. Rand Paul

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