The bad news is that the Committee is threatening to withhold part of the Defense budget until the Pentagon complies. Now granted, it's only a portion of the defense budget.... the part that runs the Secretary's office... but the message is a totally rotten message to send at a time when we are faced with a world full of national security problems and when we are paying the penalty for cuts already made under the Sequester. Our military training is suffering drastically and aging hardware is rapidly becoming obsolete, while China and Russia are both investing heavily in their military programs.
The GOP, in it's rush to force the Pentagon to comply with its justifiable demands for information is creating a public relations nightmare, and the average American is going to wonder whose fault it really is that our national defense posture now sucks.
Someone should take those guys out to the woodshed and teach them some common sense. Why don't they cut the White House budget instead?
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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