Statements about Military
"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down."
"Pentagon confirms they may court martial soldiers who hold Christian faith."
"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."
"When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
Military spending cuts, known as the sequester, were President Barack Obama’s idea.
"While President Obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear Iran, Hagel says military action is not a viable, feasible, responsible option."
"The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed."
Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
Says Mitt Romney "just gave a speech a few weeks ago" and said "we should still have troops in Iraq."
Says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
"Under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high."
"When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."
Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.
The U.S. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."
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